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Breeding lines that pyramid the qDTY2.1, qDTY3.1, qDTY1.1 and qDTY2.2 drought-tolerance QTLs into DRR Dhan 50 out-yielded the parent by 36 to 82% under drought in a study by Malla Reddy University, ICAR-IIRR and partners, using marker-assisted conventional crossing rather than gene editing.
China revoked the registrations of Sarla Foods, Pattabhi Agro Foods and Om India Trading on 17 September, citing genetically modified material that Indian testing has not found; APEDA has required GMO tests on every China-bound consignment since 9 June, and exporters say a rejected cargo costs $2,50
A Nature Genetics study led by Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences with Murdoch University and ICRISAT built a 14-genome peanut pan-genome, resequenced 2,320 accessions from 87 countries and found a hidden gene that halves plant height; the dwarf line LuAi-1 yields about 20% more at high densi
At the Southern Regional Agriculture Conference in Hyderabad, India's agriculture minister called for an assessment of what its FTAs make exportable, pushed high-value horticulture from spices to cocoa, and cited coconut exports rising 62% to ₹7,038 crore in a year, with new coconut, cashew and coco
ICAR director general M. L. Jat launched the direct transfers at Punjab Agricultural University for Grow Indigo's 'Aadi' programme, which verified direct-seeded rice, reduced tillage and residue management on enrolled fields in 2019-2022 under the Verra VM0042 methodology; the first issuance covers
The 4th Panel of the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region ruled unanimously that MAPA must formalise the prohibition on aerial application of imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam across all crops, finding 'qualified administrative inertia' after Ibama's re-evaluations of 2021 and 2024; Ib
Co 20016 (Karan 20) for the Northwest Zone, Co 18003 for the Peninsular Zone as an upgrade on Co 86032, and Co 09004 for the East Coast Zone with smut resistance too are at the Central Variety Release Committee, director P. Govindaraj said; the Coimbatore institute's conventional pipeline holds abou
