Sentences with phrase «in crop protection»

The Competition Bureau has approved the merger between Dow and DuPont, two companies that specialise in crop protection products and packaging plastics.

«This effort also provided training for district and zonal development agents in crop protection, agronomy, drought mitigation practices, and seed systems,» said Abeyo.

BABA has long been known for its protective effects against devastating plant diseases, such as potato blight, but has so far not been used widely in crop protection because of undesirable side effects.

In particular, researchers analyzed 21 years of data from Maryland cornfields and suggest that rising temperatures might help corn earworms (Helicoverpa zea) develop resistance faster to a widespread genetically built - in crop protection.

And innovation in crop protection has meant they continue to be able to protect their crops from pests, weeds and diseases while the amount of pesticides applied has decreased by 71 % from 1990.

Not exact matches

Despite a wet and late spring throughout much of North America, Agrium, North America's largest seller of farm products, reported the strongest earnings in its 80 - year history amid surging demand for its nutrients, crop protection chemicals and seeds.

The St. Louis - based biotech agricultural company makes genetically modified seed and crop protection chemicals for farming and has 404 facilities in 66 countries.

It's a major factor behind China's biggest - ever foreign corporate acquisition: ChemChina's planned takeover, for $ 43 billion in cash, of Syngenta (syt), the Swiss - based world leader in advanced insecticides, herbicides, and other crop - protection products and the No. 3 producer of seeds.

The European Commission opened a full investigation into the case in August, concerned that the deal to create the world's largest integrated crop protection and seeds company may reduce competition in these sectors as well as certain petrochemicals.

Divestments by the parties involved in each of the three mega-mergers — Dow - DuPont, ChemChina - Syngenta and Bayer - Monsanto — will likely maintain significant competition in the seed and crop protection markets — and should ease price increase concerns, according to Secor.

«Mergers in the seed and crop protection industry will likely further complicate business in the farm supply sector,» said Will Secor, CoBank economist.

Changes in the seed and crop protection landscape reinforce retailers» pursuit of lower costs and lasting relevance.»

«While many in the farm supply sector hold out hope that rebate programs will be simplified, the seed and crop protection mergers will likely make rebate programs more complex.»

In the early English social structure, the lord provided protection to the farmers so that they could raise their crops in peacIn the early English social structure, the lord provided protection to the farmers so that they could raise their crops in peacin peace.

Last month Nufarm wrapped up its $ 800m acquisition of more than 50 crop protection formulations and more than 260 registrations for use in European markets, bought from chemical rivals FMC and Adama.

DuPont to Divest a Portion of Its Crop Protection Business and Acquire FMC's Health & Nutrition Business; Transaction Marks Meaningful Step Forward in Proposed DuPont and Dow Merger; Maintains Significant Strategic Value Creation Potential of Merger Transaction; Merger with Dow Now Expected to Close Between August 1 and September 1

Nufarm chief executive Greg Hunt says the crop protection company has increased firepower in key segments of the European market after compl...

Research at the Azienda Agraria Sperimentale Stuard includes techniques of fertilization, crop rotation, integrated pest management, protection and balance of nutrients in the soil as well as organic cultivation.

Apart from the better food resources in organic fields, the key factors are more fauna - compatible plant protection management, organic fertilization, the more diversified crop rotation and the more structured landscapes with semi-natural habitats and field margins.

In 2001 DuPont Crop Protection, part of the company's Agriculture and Nutrition Business, manufactured 40 products and maintained operations in 40 countries around the worlIn 2001 DuPont Crop Protection, part of the company's Agriculture and Nutrition Business, manufactured 40 products and maintained operations in 40 countries around the worlin 40 countries around the world.

DuPont Crop Protection uses inclusive thinking to create answers in insect, weed and disease control that help growers...

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Upon graduating in 1993 with a Ph.D. in entomology with an emphasis on integrated crop protection, Chiasson won a postdoctoral industrial fellowship from the National Sciences and Engineering Rearch Council of Canada to work at a Quebec - based bioagricultural company that specializes in pesticide research and development.

In a further setback to reducing U.S. carbon emissions, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency has proposed lowering the U.S. government's «social cost» of carbon, or the estimated cost of sea - level rise, lower crop yields, and other climate - change related economic damages, from $ 42 per ton by 2020 to a low of $ 1 per ton.

This fresh understanding of the DNA of the black Sigatoka fungus is also providing new information that is useful in the development of more effective and, hopefully, less environmentally unfriendly crop protection products.

Kongming Wu, director of the Institute for Plant Protection at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing said, «This review paper will be very helpful for understanding insect resistance in agricultural systems and improving strategies to sustain the effectiveness of Bt crops.»

«DDT resistance in Africa as well as several other parts of the world has been acquired because of massive use of these insecticides for crop protection,» Guillet says.

«If you talk to farmers, particularly in northern Europe, they're very concerned about the limited range of crop protection chemicals that they have available to them because of concerns about the broader environmental effects,» says Baulcombe.

In their paper, the researchers suggest that actin might not be an ideal target for crop protection, for this reason — the house fly's actin gene is 80 per cent identical to the beetle's, for example.

Now a research team led by Sean Cutler, a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside, has found a new drought - protecting chemical that shows high potential for becoming a powerful tool for crop protection in the new world of extreme weather.

CropLife America, which represents pesticide manufacturers, said in a statement to EHN that the EPA's review of fungicides is «rigorous» and that «new application technologies by farmers will serve to further minimize any potential environmental impacts of crop protection products.»

As well as providing protection from the increasingly unpredictable weather, the premiums could also be a powerful way to get poor people to adapt to climate change by encouraging them to invest in measures like drought - resistant crops.

Full crop protection from an insect pest by expression of long double - stranded RNAs in plastids

Even when studying agriculture in South Africa, he had been attracted by the science of crop protection, and his Ph.D. research on electron transport in photosynthesis was highly relevant to the industry: «Herbicides are specifically developed to work against the photosynthetic apparatus,» he explains.

Although their research has been performed in a weed called «Arabidopsis thaliana», the work horse of plant geneticists, the team is confident that their discovery can be used for the protection of crops from their enemies.

French Green MEP José Bové, an ex-farmer well - known for his destruction of a McDonald's franchise in the south of France and the uprooting of GM crops in Brazil, said that the only protection farmers can have is for a complete ban on GMOs in Europe.

Appendix 1: Global Status of Regulatory Approvals Appendix 2: Global Crop Protection Market Appendix 3: Useful Tables and Charts on the International Seed Trade Appendix 4: Deployment of Approved Bt Cotton Events / Hybrids / Variety by Companies / Institutions in India Appendix 5: Listing of Events, Bt Cotton Variety and Hybrids in India Appendix 6: The EMBRAPA: Brazilian Agricultural Research Cooperation

These biodegradable particles could be the basis for reduced risk conventional pesticide products that have the potential to reduce the amount of chemicals used in plant protection by as much as 90 percent, save farmers more than 25 percent on pest - control initiatives and, in a world facing looming food shortages, help increase crop yields for more and better food.

In 2015, the company surpassed by 17 percent its goal of spending 50 percent of its research and development budget on sustainability projects, including biologicals, seed treatments and micronutrients for more sustainable crop protection.

In February 2009, frustrated by industry restrictions on independent research into genetically modified crops, two dozen scientists representing public research institutions in 17 corn - producing states told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the companies producing genetically modified (GM) seed «inhibit public scientists from pursuing their mandated role on behalf of the public good» and warned that industry influence had made independent analyses of transgenic crops impossiblIn February 2009, frustrated by industry restrictions on independent research into genetically modified crops, two dozen scientists representing public research institutions in 17 corn - producing states told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the companies producing genetically modified (GM) seed «inhibit public scientists from pursuing their mandated role on behalf of the public good» and warned that industry influence had made independent analyses of transgenic crops impossiblin 17 corn - producing states told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the companies producing genetically modified (GM) seed «inhibit public scientists from pursuing their mandated role on behalf of the public good» and warned that industry influence had made independent analyses of transgenic crops impossible.

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PPI announces an important crop performance target in the development of drought tolerant and high - yielding cotton with collaborative partner Bayer Crop Science using PPI «sYield Protection Technology (YPTcrop performance target in the development of drought tolerant and high - yielding cotton with collaborative partner Bayer Crop Science using PPI «sYield Protection Technology (YPTCrop Science using PPI «sYield Protection Technology (YPT ®).

With these crops, you won't have toâ $» they are made with UPF 40, giving you some built - in sun protection (and peace of mind) while you're outside.

These crops are often eaten by animals, so their protection lies in the ability of their seeds (the «grain» itself) to pass through the animal and emerge on the other side as a pre-fertilized seed, ready to grow.

This chemical is actually banned in the European Union — it is illegal for UK farmers to spray any crop intended for human consumption with chlorpyrifos as of 2016 — but the US Environmental Protection Agency has refused to ban it.

«The awards recognize the cream of the crop for safety in the vehicle size classes, but they don't mean a smaller vehicle that's an award winner affords better protection than a larger vehicle that didn't win Top Safety Pick.»

«The awards recognize the cream of the crop for safety in the vehicle size classes, but they don't mean a smaller vehicle that's an award winner affords better protection than a larger vehicle that didn't win Top Safety Pick,» Lund points out.

It's fast and versatile, and packed with extra nice - to - have features: with a single tap you can scan your device for compatible content (including files on your device storage, download folder, SD Card, or cloud), adjust screen brightness in - app, use password protection, auto split two - page scans and auto crop margins, take bookmarks further by remembering your reading location, and more!

Ear cropping has been prohibited by the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals and strongly discouraged by a number of national veterinary associations in Argentina, Canada, Bosnia - Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia,.

But pet parents of greyhounds, Chihuahuas or poodles with closely cropped do's should invest in some extra winter protection to keep their pups toasty and warm.