SEMINAR: LEGUMES – A VALUABLE SOURCE OF PROTEIN December 08, 2017 in the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Industry of the Latvian Agricultural University, Jelgava city, a seminar on the topic “Legumes – a valuable source of protein.” The event is organized within the framework of the EUROLEGUME project…
AGROTHEMES BECAME POPULAR In 2017, the most popular start-up was the track Agro & Medtech, and until February 9, 2018, there will still be a selection of projects for the nomination “Biotechnology and genomics in the agro-industrial complex”. The largest start-up accelerator GenerationS from RVC in Russia and Eastern Europe…
SYMBIOTIC EFFICIENCY OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL PREPARATIONS FOR FORAGE CROPS ACCORDING TO SEED HARVEST The article presents the results of long-term experiments conducted in the framework of geographical experiment net of the All-Russian Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology. We estimated the symbiotic efficiency on forage crops for biopreparations based on…
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOYBEAN VARIETIES AS AFFECTED BY MINERAL NUTRITIO The paper presents the results on soybean growth and development depending on mineral nutrition. The studied soybean varieties differed in vegetation period. The goal of the research was to determine optimal rate and type of mineral fertilization. Various application…
17th INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FOR AGRO, FOOD AND DRINK PRODUCTS, PACKAGING AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT The Agro Food Drink Tech Expo was held on November 20-22, 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. For 17 years of its existence, this exhibition became a well-established and recognized event, with long tradition and growing dynamics it attracts…
CROP RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP MAPS TWO LENTIL GENOMES A partnership between University of Saskatchewan (U of S) crop scientists and genomic big data company NRGene of Israel has successfully sequenced two wild lentil genomes—the largest legume genomes ever assembled. In a Nov. 8 news release, the U of S said the…
BREEDING POTENTIAL OF COMMON VETCH HYBRIDS (Vicia sativa) AS AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT METHODS FOR PARENTAL SELECTION Experiments that took place in 1978-2003 showed effectiveness of parental lines’ selection of Vicia sativa based on the following principles: ecological and geographical distance, difference in adaptation to contrast environments and resistance to abiotic…
BIOTECH WORLD 2018: FORUM, EXHIBITION, CONTESTS. 19-21 FEBRUARY, 2018. MOSCOW, RUSSIA. The key goals of the forum are to create and expand into the Regions a network of nodes of innovation; form clusters of biotech facilities; set up technology scaling centers, pilot and experimental production facilities for mass production of…
STRATEGY AND NATIONAL PLAN FOR PASTURES UNTIL THE YEAR 2033 This sectoral document aims to intervene, at national level, on the deterioration of pastoral lands, recovering those already deteriorated, through an action of sustainable development and management of the Ministry of Agriculture of Saudi Arabia. The Strategy uses an integrated…
ALKALOID-FREE LUPINE “DEGA” IN COW FEEDING The paper presents the lupine chemical composition and feed-stuff effect on cow milk productivity and blood biochemistry; feed-stuffs having the same energy and protein content. The diets included grains of white lupine “Dega” (18, 24, 30%) instead of other protein feeds. The number of…
