Features
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November 17, 2011 - 10:19am
"Biocentury is the clear leader in the Chinese cotton seed industry and they have a proven track record of bringing innovative biotechnologies to the market places in China and south Asian countries."
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November 17, 2011 - 9:49am
A local biotechnology firm has struck another deal with a Chinese company, its second this month. Performance Plants Inc. has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Biocentury Transgene (China) Co. Ltd.
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November 8, 2011 - 11:43am
Performance Plants Inc. of Kingston has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Shaanxi Hybrid Rapeseed Research Center of China to co-develop high-performance rapeseed varieties to be used by Chinese farmers.
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September 16, 2011 - 4:46pm
Relevant to today's focus on climate change reality, Dr. Yafan Huang participated in the Canadian AgriFood Policy Institute's Adapting Agriculture to a Changing Climate (March 2010). He was a member of the conference steering committee, Winnipeg meeting. To view in pdf format visit the CAPI website provided in the link at the end of the article. Below is text exerpt...
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July 20, 2011 - 8:21am
A local biotechnology company will officially make its first foray today into doing business in China, the first of what it hopes will be many.
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May 11, 2011 - 10:40am
Performance Plants Inc. is working on a deal with the Shaanxi Hybrid Rapeseed Research Center for use of its patented yield protection technology to weatherproof crops and, in turn, increase production.
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May 9, 2011 - 1:41pm
China still faced the grim task of fighting a drought despite recent snowfalls and enhanced irrigation in major wheat growing regions, the country's drought relief authorities said on February 12.
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March 30, 2011 - 5:16pm
Nature Climate Change -
- Published online
- 13 March 2011,
Maximilian Auffhammer"crop trials indicates that Africa's maize crop could be at risk of significant yield losses."
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March 30, 2011 - 4:34pm
The Economist, Mar 17th 2011 | Climate Change and Crop Yields, One degree over.
"... yields take a hit of 1.7% per day over 30°C."
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March 30, 2011 - 11:23am
Nature Climate Change - March 13, 2011, Nonlinear heat effects on African maize as evidenced by historical yield trials