• • • A third of French bee colonies died last winter A report published by the French government, based on data gathered from over 13,000 beekeepers, found that nearly 30 per cent of the country’s bee colonies died in the winter of 2017-2018. The death rate jumped to 35…
• • • Evaluation of sweet sorghum resistance to head smut Development and introduction of disease-resistant varieties are economically effective and ecologically safe to increase grain production. Therefore, modern sorghum breeding aims at obtaining of both high-productive and disease-resistant varieties, including tolerance to head smut. The investigation was done to…
• • • IBM Develops Platform to Fulfill on the Promise of Digital Agriculture Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture is a suite of customized, cost-efficient solutions that help stakeholders in agriculture make faster, more informed decisions. This new platform is an innovation that draws on IBM’s most advanced capabilities in…
• • • Evaluation of promising lines of hungarian sainfoin (Оnobrychis arenaria) to be cultivated in the Dagestan arid area This report deals with ecological and biological parameters of hungarian sainfoin in the arid zone of Dagestan. The research aimed at selection of the most productive lines to be grown…
• • • International Forum and Exhibition will be held February 25-27, 2019 in Moscow Forum «Biotechnology: current state and future development. Life Sciences». Research reports, cutting-edge results, research in progress, discoveries and innovations, project presentations. Call for papers. Submission deadline is December 31, 2018. Key topics of the Forum:…
• • • Harvest trials to assess seed ryegrass Results of field trials on two dairy farms comparing commercial ryegrass seed performance will be presented to a Western Dairy forum next month. Three harvests of the trial sites to compare 10 lines of ryegrass have been conducted so far since…
• • • Crop productivity on slope area of southeastern Cisbaikalia This paper reports on slope lands, used as farm fields in a forest-steppe. Forest-steppe comprises open steppe and high-density woodlands, varying in microclimate, soil fertility and productivity. Nonerodible forest-steppe provides the most favorable microclimatic and soil conditions for high…
• • • Farm minister, commissioner discuss CAP in 2021-2027 The European Union’s agricultural policy should remain farmer-friendly and well funded after 2020, Farm Minister István Nagy said on Monday, after talks in Budapest with Phil Hogan, the EU commissioner for agriculture and rural development. Land-size based direct payments should…
• • • Comparing of festulolium productivity and nutritional value as monoculture and grass mixtures with conventional perennial grasses on sod-podzolic soil in the Upper Volga region The investigation aimed at development of region-specific cultivation technology for legume-gramineous mixtures with festulolium in order to obtain feeds, balanced in sugar-to-protein ratio.…
• • • 3rd Silk Road Agricultural Education and Cooperation Forum Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops Novi Sad hosted 3rd Silk Road Agricultural Education and Cooperation Forum, at the Rectorate of University of Novi Sad, on July 2-4, 2018. About 120 participants from 35 institutions attended the Forum, mainly from the universities and…
