Under partnership between Agrobioinstitute, Sofia and the bio-farm Amitica Ltd, Kresna, the Bulgarian tomato cultivar Pako Orange was grown successfully under organic conditions. The first bio-seeds were produced. Production of bio-juices and bio-purees from tomato Paco Orange are planned. Tomato cultivar Pako-Orange was developed by methods of classical plant breeding-interspecies …
Two sorghum haploid inducer lines were discovered following three years of collaboration between the United Sorghum Checkoff program and DuPont Pioneer. A team of scientists led by Cleve Franks and Tanveer Hussain from DuPont Pioneer discovered the first haploid inducer lines in sorghum, which are currently in the process of …
It is known that cereals with high amylose and resistant starch content possess potential health beneficial properties. Important enzyme responsible for the branching of starch is the enzyme SBE (starch branching enzyme). A research team from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) with Dr. Yongwei Sun as the leading …
