Following are headline news of the latest issue of Seed China News:
ZARD makes new
round of business acquisitions
ZARD recently
announced to purchase two seed companies namely China Farm Good-Seed and Shanxi
Luyu, marking its great ambition to further expand its seed businesses.
Soybean cultivation in China: advantages and
strategies
China's non-GM
soybean planting, which provides safer sources of food for human beings and
alleviates the pressure on the environment, should be enhanced by employing
science and technology, rationally allocating different varieties, expanding
soybean processing industries and distributing higher subsidies.
Planting of open-pollinated rice on the rise in
Guangxi
The acreage of
open-pollinated rice in Guangxi has increased in 2013, with some popular
varieties such as Liuxiangzhan, Yuwanzhan, Shanglinsimiao and Xiangzhouyouzhan.
Introduction to Heilongjiang cucumber seed market
This year cucumber
seeds overall fetched good sales in Heilongjiang market; leading varieties are
mainly from Tianjin Kernel and Tianjin Derit; sales of Heilongjiang cucumbers
is confronted with difficulties in long-range transportation, and threats from
cucumbers grown in other regions.
Watermelon seeds selling well in Guangxi 2013
Increased
watermelon acreage in Guangxi boosted seed sales in 2013; good sales of
watermelon this year further shored up Guangxi watermelon seed market for the
next planting season.
Genetic modification back in focus
61 academics wrote
a letter calling for the commercialization of GM grain crops, once again making
genetic modification the focus of public attention in China.
Depressed corn seed market in 2013
Domestic corn seed
market has been stuck in oversupply with high inventories for two consecutive
years; Zhengdan958 and Xianyu335 are still the leading corn varieties in the
market; In China hundreds of corn varieties pass the variety approval every
year but most plagiaristic corn varieties are short-lived and marginalized;
Domestic corn seed market is deluged with fake-licensed seeds, causing
continuous decrease of seed prices; Foreign corn varieties see steady growth in
acreage.
Typhoon Haiyan hits breeding and seed production
bases in Hainan
Typhoon Haiyan
caused heavy losses on winter breeding and seed production facilities in
Hainan, and exposed the serious need for an insurance system for the domestic
seed industry.
Forage crop acreage rises but forage seed industry
lags behind
Acreage proportion
of forage crops has seen sustained growth in China due to growing demand.
However, the development, production and promotion of forage seeds is lagging
behind.
Shandong tomato
seed market in 2013 - Overview
Growing
of large red tomatoes is stable in Shandong, while pink TYLCV-resistant
tomatoes show an acreage growth this year; the Qidali variety leadership in
Shandong's large red tomato seed market goes unshaken, while pink tomato
varieties find themselves in intense competition; selling prices of large red
TYLCV-resistant tomato seeds have fallen this year, unlike pink TYLCV-resistant
tomato seeds; abnormal weather in July and August undermined the resistance of
several tomato varieties to TYLCV and root-knot nematodes, and will likely harm
tomato seeds sales next year.
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