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NEW CRP:
Disease Resistance in Rice and Wheat for Better Adaptation to Climate Change
(D23032)
False smut (Villosiclava
virens) disease in rice. (Photo: Rice Knowledge Bank)
The IAEA, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is announcing a new Coordinated
Research Project (CRP) on disease resistance in rice and wheat with a time
frame of four years.
A range of diseases are responsible for hindering yield
improvements in both rice and wheat. Changing climatic conditions are helping
diseases spread to new localities and exacerbating their impact. In addition to
the already widespread diseases of rice, such as blast, sheath blight, false
smut and bacterial leaf blight, emerging diseases are increasingly becoming
serious threats.
To minimize the impact of such diseases, environment-friendly
and cost-effective technologies are needed to help prevent and manage them. The
use of mutation breeding techniques to develop disease resistant varieties is a
viable tool in the development of appropriate germplasms and varieties.
Mutations are the primary source of genetic variation in any
organism, including plants. The use of mutation induction in generating new
germplasm and developing new disease resistant varieties in rice and wheat is
an efficient and valuable approach in crop improvement and has been very
successful in rice and wheat breeding. More than 820 rice varieties and 255
wheat varieties have been developed by mutation breeding using mostly physical
mutagens (https://mvd.iaea.org/#!Home).
Field destroyed by wheat
blast (Magnaporthe
oryzae Triticum) (Photo: http://www.kansasfarmer.com/wheat/spread-wheat-blast-disease-puts-new-urgency-researchers)
This new CRP aims to develop new improved rice and wheat mutant
germplasm as novel sources of disease resistance, and efficient laboratory,
screen-house or field-based screening protocols and techniques for
identification of mutants with improved resistance to diseases.
CRP Overall Objective:
This CRP aims to improve disease resistance in rice and wheat
through induced mutation/mutation breeding and development of screening
techniques for sustainable food security.
Specific Research
Objectives:
- To generate genetic diversity and develop
rice lines resistant to important diseases (blast, sheath blight,
bacterial blight, false smut).
- To develop protocols for the screening of
rice mutants resistant to diseases.
- To develop molecular markers for disease
resistance using available mutant germplasm.
- To generate mutant wheat populations and
develop screening methods for resistance to wheat blast.
How to join this CRP?
Please submit your Proposal for Research Contract or Agreement
by email, no later than 31 May 2018, to the IAEA’s Research Contracts Administration Section,
using the appropriate template on the CRA web site.
For further information related to this CRP, potential applicants
should contact Mr Ljupcho Jankuloski
Agriculture Dept ensures
sustainability of production & income for farmers
The Agriculture Department has devised crop-specific interventions to ensure long-term sustainability of production, coupled with assured and improved incomes for farmers.
Rice, wheat, maize, jute, pulses, oilseeds and sugarcane are some of the major crops of the state.
System of Rice Intensification (SRI), an improved technology, has been adopted to increase production of rice at low cost.
The State Government has been able to increase the area and production of aromatic rice like Gobindobhog and Tulaipanji.
The Government has fixed an ambitious target of 4.75 lakh metric tonnes (MT) for financial year (FY) 2018-19 by using its extension machinery to increase the area under pulse production by utilising the rice fallow areas.
From FY 2010-11 to FY 2016-17, the area under pulses has increased by 65 per cent and production by 77 per cent.
The production during 2016-17 was 3.13 lakh MT. The estimated production for 2017-18 is 4.63 lakh MT, an estimated increase by 48 per cent.
Stress has been given in increased production and yield of sunflower and groundnut because of their high potential.
Distribution of quality seeds and other agricultural inputs, and training of farmers have been identified as the key components by the State Government to achieve its targets.
Like for pulses, the Government is using its extension machinery to increase the area under production by utilising the rice fallow areas.
Production was 9.24 lakh MT during 2016-17 and is estimated to be 9.67 lakh MT during 2017-18. The target for 2018-19 has been kept at 9.99 lakh MT.
Jute is an important cash crop of Bengal, covering an area of around 5.22 lakh hectares (ha). During 2016-17, the production and productivity were 81.87lakh bales and 15.67 bales/ha, respectively. The target for area under production and production for 2017-18 were 5.6 lakh ha and 84 lakh bales, respectively.
The State Government, in collaboration with the National Food Security Mission (Commercial Crops) – Jute, runs Demonstration Centres, and supports the distribution of quality seeds and training of farmers with the aim of producing higher quality fibres.
Potato is a major crop in the state. The production and productivity during 2016-17 were 129.32 lakh MT and 30,608 kg/ha, respectively.
For 2017-18, the targets for area under production and production have been kept at 4.36 lakh ha and 140 lakh MT, respectively. Emphasis has been given on the availability of disease-free quality micro-tubers.
For this, the government has undertaken a programme for the production of good quality foundation seeds of potato from breeder seeds in government farms, so that high-quality seeds are available for the production of certified seeds.
Courtesy Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress Government, farmers have never had it as good.
Every aspect of their lives has undergone a lot of changes. There are schemes to cover everything – from production to storage to financial aid for losses due to natural calamities to several other aspects.
Ramadan Traditions
Raise Rice Consumption
By Sarah Moran
AMMAN, JORDAN -- Per capita rice consumption in Jordan is high and
traditionally increases during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts
this year on May 15. Rice consumption in
the Muslim world always spikes during the observance, which is why USA Rice
steps up promotions to increase awareness prior to the start of the
holiday. A campaign with leading brand
Sunbird Rice that just concluded utilized more than 100 billboards at prime
locations here in the capital city, as well as at major cities throughout the
Kingdom. Similar promotions are planned
with other selected brands in the coming weeks.
The purple rice helping Thai farmers overcome poverty
Philippines hopes to pass rice
tariffication law in 2018
At a time when the
gap between the input costs and the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy is
shrinking season after season, the farmers from East Godavari district have set
their focus on minimising the input costs to stabilise their profit
margins.From making better use of sample seeds, following the advisories issued
by farm scientists to reducing the use of fertilisers and pesticides, the
farmers are trying every option coming their way.“We are constantly in touch
with farm scientists and agriculture officials through phone and video
conference to have our doubts cleared on an array of issues ranging from soil
health to meteorological updates,” says Pepakayala Subrahmanyam, a farmer who has
cultivated paddy in 10 acres at Thimmapuram village .
About the
author
Saying Science and Religion Are
Incompatible Is a 'Myth,' 'Untrue to History,' Says Physicist
During discussions last week with U.S. rice importers here, USA
Rice gathered market information and outlined promotional activities planned
for the current year, many of which are conducted in conjunction with local
brands who also contribute financially to the activities.
"During routine visits to different sales outlets including
traditional wholesalers as well as hyper markets and so called mini markets,
local traders pointed out that prices of rice are very low," said
Somogyi. "In this challenging
economic situation, we are fortunate to have well established U.S. rice brands
here working with USA Rice in many different activities, from outdoor
billboards to radio and print advertising and consumer promotions, and starting
this year, media activities on the internet to boost sales of U.S. rice."
Usa Rice Daily
The purple rice helping Thai farmers overcome poverty
By: Cristyn Lloyd - Posted on: April 25, 2018 |
Siam Organic is helping to tackle Thai poverty while also
jumping on the superfood bandwagon with a new breed of richly coloured rice
that it claims is the healthiest in the world
Philippines hopes to pass rice
tariffication law in 2018
other things.
"Meanwhile, the
revenue from the tariff on rice will be used to help the farmers increase their
productivity," Pernia told reporters.
The Philippines' total rice
inventory, inclusive of stocks from households, commercial warehouses, and NFA
depositories, registered a marked drop to 1,795.78 metric tons (MT) as of
February 1 this year, said NEDA.
Even if 250,000 MT of
imported rice is scheduled to arrive in May, NEDA said this will not be able to
meet the country's rice demand in the succeeding months.
NEDA Undersecretary for Policy
and Planning Rosemarie Edillon had said inflationary pressures from other
agricultural food items must be managed as well, while at the same time
anticipating developments in international oil markets.
"Given the risks, we really
need to be anticipative and proactive in implementing measures to ensure price
stability and cushion the impact of higher consumer prices on the poor,"
Edillon had said. – Rappler.com
Scientific advisories
help E.G.ryots save big on input costs
KAKINADA, APRIL
24, 2018 23:40 IST
Bridging
the gap: Apart from regular field visits, scientists issue weather updates and
precautions to be undertaken to protect standing crops to paddy farmers . Ryots connect to experts through phone and
video conference
At
Lampakalova, 42 km away from the city, an upland farmer Sigireddi Naga Bhupathi
Rao echoes similar views, saying that it is first time they have got to see an
agriculture scientist in their village.
“The
Reliance Foundation is bridging the gap between farmers, scientists and
agriculture officers. Now, we are making the videos of the symptoms of pest
attack on our crops and sending them to the scientists seeking their advice,”
says Mr. Bhupathi Rao, adding that the advisories issued by the scientists
helps him save on the input cost of around ₹1,200 per acre.
Virtual
interaction
The
scientists are also a happy lot for the rave response from the farmers. “A good
number of farmers are now sending their queries on the use of fertilisers and
pesticides. Some of them are also evincing interest in sowing the sample seeds
being sent to us by the Rice Research Station at Marteru,” says M. Nanda
Kishore, coordinator of the DAATT Centre of Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture
University.
V.T.
Rama Rao, Deputy Director of Agriculture, observes that the virtual interaction
with farmers is the best part of the services being rendered by the Reliance
Foundation.
“They
are also circulating messages on weather update and precautions to be
undertaken to protect standing crop in different stages to the targeted groups
within no time,” he says.
Besides
arranging virtual meetings and field visits, the foundation is also issuing
advisories to the mobile phones of registered farmers and answering their
queries through the call centre, explains Varahalu Cheepulla, project manager
at the foundation.
76,000
ryots registered
“As of
now, we have around 76,000 farmers from the district registered with us. All
the farmers are availing the free services,” says Chittibabu Nagulapalli,
senior manager at the foundation.
I Remain
Bullish Rice Prices
Tuesday,
April 24, 2018
by
Michael Seery of Seery Futures
Rice Futures--- Rice futures in the July contract bucked the trend yesterday
rising 7 points at 13.14 as the commodity markets were mostly lower across the
board as I have been recommending a bullish position from around the 12.85
level & if you took the trade the stop loss has now been moved to 12.80 and
will remain at that level for another 6 trading sessions so you will have to
accept the monetary risk at this time.
For the bullish momentum to
continue we have to break last weeks high of 13.20 which is just an eyelash
away & if that level is broken I think we could head substantially higher
as there is bullish momentum to the upside presently. Rice prices are still
trading above their 20 and 100 day moving average as the trend clearly is
higher as the U.S dollar was up over 60 points today, but had very little
impact on rice prices as historically speaking they still look cheap as we
enter the extremely volatile summer season for rice and the grain market as a
whole.
The chart structure at the
present time is not that great as we have run up in prices rather quickly so if
you're not involved wait for some type of profit-taking therefore lowering the
monetary risk as patience can be the key when trading the commodity markets as
trading just to trade is the kiss of death so stay long while maintaining the
proper risk money-management strategy of 2% of your account balance on any
given trade.
TREND:---HIGHER
CHART STRUCTURE: POOR
VOLATILITY---HIGH
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Michael Seery (CTACOMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR) at 1-630-408-3325 I will be more
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About the
author
Michael is the sole owner
of SEERYFUTURES.COM which is a commodity futures
and options consulting, advisory, and educational firm.
Michael frequently appears on
multiple business networks including Bloomberg News, Fox Business, CNBC
Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He also writes market commentary for
several commodity websites and is interviewed for commodity comments by the
Wall Street Journal. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national
and internationally syndicated business show.
Michael started his career in 1990 at the Chicago Board of Trade as a runner. He soon worked his way up to becoming a Series 3 broker. He works with seasoned traders as well as novice beginners educating them on trading the futures markets as well as using simple and complex option strategies. Michael covers all markets including grains, metals, energies, and all other futures markets that are traded.
To Michael the biggest lesson any trader needs to learn is risk management. Michael believes this is the most important factor in trading. He also works with traders to help them determine the proper risk for their trading style. Michael has spent a lot of time educating his clients to help them understand trading strategies and trading techniques while enjoying spending quality time with customers going over the markets or just talking general trading philosophies.
Michael started his career in 1990 at the Chicago Board of Trade as a runner. He soon worked his way up to becoming a Series 3 broker. He works with seasoned traders as well as novice beginners educating them on trading the futures markets as well as using simple and complex option strategies. Michael covers all markets including grains, metals, energies, and all other futures markets that are traded.
To Michael the biggest lesson any trader needs to learn is risk management. Michael believes this is the most important factor in trading. He also works with traders to help them determine the proper risk for their trading style. Michael has spent a lot of time educating his clients to help them understand trading strategies and trading techniques while enjoying spending quality time with customers going over the markets or just talking general trading philosophies.
Saying Science and Religion Are
Incompatible Is a 'Myth,' 'Untrue to History,' Says Physicist
By Michael Gryboski , Christian Post
Reporter | Apr 24, 2018 4:20 PM
(PHOTO: THE VERITAS FORUM)Physicist Ian
Hutchinson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology delivered remarks at
the Veritas Forum event "Can Science Explain Everything?" which was
held on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Quinnipiac University.The claim that
science and religion are incompatible entities is a "myth" and
"untrue to history," according to a physicist speaking at an event
held at Quinnipiac University.
Ian
Hutchinson, plasma physicist and Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gave remarks at a Veritas Forum event held last week titled
"Can Science Explain Everything?"
(PHOTO: THE VERITAS FORUM)Physicist Ian
Hutchinson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology delivered remarks at
the Veritas Forum event "Can Science Explain Everything?" which was
held on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Quinnipiac University.
During
his comments, Hutchinson argued that the common idea that science and faith are
in conflict with one another was incorrect and rejected by historians who
specialize in the history of science.
"That
has been thoroughly debunked by historians of science in the past 50 years as
untrue to history. Serious Christians, including clergy, were predominant in
developing modern science for centuries," said Hutchinson."But
the myth still exerts powerful influence both on secularists and very often
also on Christians. Its sustained by a frequent claim that there's no evidence
for Christianity, but that's untrue."
Hutchinson
said that while he believes that science cannot prove Christianity, there is a
lot of evidence to vindicate Christian beliefs "in history and in the
lives of believers." The physicist stressed that science cannot answer
every claim and by its nature cannot quantify many concepts, such as justice,
altruism, and friendship.
