Sentences with phrase «hybrid seed varieties»

Several American and Indian companies sell the approved hybrid seed varieties in Nepal in response to the current — and increasing — market demand for them.

The Government of Nepal began researching the use of hybrid seed varieties in 1987 and today, approximately 75 % of tomatoes, cauliflower, and many other vegetables in Nepal are grown from hybrid seed.

Not exact matches

In the case of CHS Sunflower, the North Dakota company has created a variety of hybrid sunflower seeds to meet the expectations of customers in the United States and abroad.

Campaigns in India have gained momentum against genetically engineered rice, including the Save our Rice network, the Folk Rice Movement and the Seed Mothers movement; all working to conserve and salvage thousands of traditional and indigenous seed varieties which would have otherwise been eroded by the onslaught of hybrid technology and conventional chemical inputs in the past decaSeed Mothers movement; all working to conserve and salvage thousands of traditional and indigenous seed varieties which would have otherwise been eroded by the onslaught of hybrid technology and conventional chemical inputs in the past decaseed varieties which would have otherwise been eroded by the onslaught of hybrid technology and conventional chemical inputs in the past decades.

The seed company Pioneer Hi - Bred in Johnston, Iowa, last year commercialized a conventionally bred drought - tolerant hybrid variety, and Missouri - based Monsanto expects to commercialize a genetically engineered variety soon.

Gore said seed treatments are effective in both conventional rice varieties and hybrids.

«Hybrid rice varieties are grown at 20 to 25 pounds of seed per acre, versus 75 to 85 pounds with conventional varieties,» Gore said.

Genetics work will also point the way to sturdier, more flavorful tomatoes — albeit hybrid varieties whose seeds can not be passed down from generation to generation but must be purchased anew by growers each season.

At the time the main concern for plant breeders was pollen movement between different strains of crops — if a variety of sweet corn was contaminated by pollen from a popcorn variety, then the resulting hybrid offspring would produce seeds that were unusable for market purposes or for selecting new varieties.

IRRI is now free to seek plant breeders» rights, patents and all manner of IPRs on its breeding lines and varieties, whether conventional seeds, hybrids or GMOs.

For example, I buy only hybrid sweet corn seed, usually a variety called Vision ($ 26.90 / lb).

Just five companies (Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, DuPont, and Syngenta) own more than 60 % of the global commercial seed supply, and with many of the modern seed varieties being hybrids that won't breed true for home gardeners and small - scale farmers, or that have regulations outlawing the collection and replanting of seeds, today's growers are being locked into a cycle of reduced genetic diversity, which may lead to a potentially dangerous food security situation in the near future.

It's illegal to save seeds from GMO plants or to reproduce hybrid varieties with proprietary licenses.

A debt rescheduling agreement was recently reached between Saaten Union Research, a firm specialised in the production and marketing of varieties of hybrid and non-hybrid cereal seed, and its...

Here you will find Tips and techniques for how to grow vegetables organically, vegetable seed varieties I recommend (both heirloom and some hybrids), timing of spring and succession plantings and much more.