Breeding and Seed Production

Issues in Asian Agriculture

Corn Seed Production in Asia

2000-06-01

Modern Corn Cultivation Technology Transfer in Caraga Region, Philippines (Year 1)

2007-09-04

Modern Corn Cultivation Technology Transfer in Caraga Region, Philippines (Year 2)

2009-03-24

The Safety of GM Foods

2003-06-01

Book Chapters

Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture

Ida F. Dalmacio National Institutes of Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (BIOTECH) University of the Philippines at Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines, 1992-12-01

Breeding Rice for Sustainable Agriculture

C.H. Kim Technical Cooperation Division Rural Development Administration, Suweon, Korea, 441-707, 1992-12-01

Development of Good Agricultural Practice Programs in New Zealand's Fruit Industries

Jim T.S. Walker The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd. Hawke's Bay Research Centre, Private Bag 1401 Havelock North, New Zealand, 2007-05-15

Status and Perspectives on Good Agricultural Practices in Malaysia

2007-05-16

Newsletter Columns

Bambarra Groundnuts

Hiroshi Nakano, National Agricultural Research Center for the Hokkaido Region, Japan., 2002-12-01

Bright Prospects for Corn Production in the Philippines

2007-09-10

Genetically Modified Crops: The Impact on Asia

2003-03-01

New Research in the Production of Seeds and Seedlings

2001-09-01

Philippine Corn Project Seeks to Bring Hybrid Seeds to Small-Scale Farmers

2009-07-29

Extension Bulletins

Advanced Technology for Producing Healthy Seeds or Vegetative Materials

C.A. Chang Dept. of Plant Pathology Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute Wu-feng, Taichung 413 Taiwan ROC, 2003-10-01

Ensuring the Safety of Genetically Modified Food Crops

Dolores A. Ramirez and Evelyn Mae Tecson-Mendoza Institute of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna 4031, Philippines, 2003-08-01

Establishing a Stable Potato Production System in Japan and Developing New Varieties with Specific End-Use Characteristics

Motoyuki Mori Potato Breeding Laboratory, Department of Upland Agriculture National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region Memuro-cho, Hokkaido 082-0071 Japan, 2004-12-01

Marching toward the Market _ the Business Potential for Agricultural Biotechnology in Taiwan

Pan-Chi Liou Horticultural Division Agricultural Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan Taichung Hsien 41301, Taiwan ROC, 2005-11-01

Regulatory Framework for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products in Korea

Taesan Kim National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology Rural Development Administration, 249 Sodun-dong, Konsun-gu Suwon, 441-707, Korea, 2003-08-01

Risk Assessment of GM Crops, and the Challenge of Building Public Acceptance in Japan

Yutaka Tabei Research Council of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 100-8950, 2003-08-01

Technical Bulletins

Hybrid Rice Seed Production Technology and Its Impact on Seed Industries and Rural Employment Opportunities in Asia

S.S. Virmani, C.X. Mao, R.S. Toledo, M. Hossain and A. Janaiah International Rice Research Institute DAPO 7777, Metro Manila Philippines, 2002-06-01

Transgenic Rice and Potato Plants Expressing Human Cytochrome P450S Show Cross-Tolerance to Herbicides by Detoxifying Them

Yasunobu Ohkawa and Hideo OhkawaFaculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Rokkodaicho 1-1, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan, 2002-08-01

Practical Technology

Ratoon Cropping of Lodged Stubble

Mr. Charoen Thuamkham or Mr. Songwood Pojananuwong The Office of Agricultural Research and Development Region 5, Sapaya District, Chainat Province, 17150 Thailand Tel: 665-641-3044 Fax: 665-641-3045, 2003-06-01

Seed Production for Pasture and Forage Crops

Cooperating agency for this topic The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development E mail: pcarrd@ultra.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph Fax: 63-49-536-0016, 2001-02-01

Research Highlights

Acetic Acid Treatment: Relieving Dormancy and Promoting Germination of Rice Seed

News source: Kaohsiung District Agricultural Improvement Station, Taiwan, ROC For further information: cwwu@mail.kdais.gov.tw, 2003-08-01

Analysis of Opt8-511 Rapd Fragments Closely Linked with Cold Sensitivity at Seedling Stage in Rice (Oryza Sativa L.)

News source: Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea For further information, see Molecules and Cells, 10 (4) pp.382-385., 2003-03-01

A Novel Rice Mutation Pool with Wide Variations

2003-06-01

Anther Culture of Rice Varietal Difference and Inheritance of Plant Regenerability

News source: Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea For further information, see Korean J. Plant Tissue Culture, v.27(3) pp.163-167., 2003-05-01

Application of Molecular Markers to Rice Breeding in Vietnam

News source: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Extension, MARD, Vietnam For further information, see Science & Technology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development., 2003-10-01

Breeding High Quality Rice by Anther Culture Crossing the Hybrid with an Aromatic Rice Cultivar

News source: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Extension, MARD, Vietnam For further information, contact Nguyen Thi Kin Tien and Cuu Long, Delta Rice Research Institute, Omon, Can Tho, Vietnam, E-mail: CLRRI@hcm.vnn.vn, 2003-09-01

Chromosomal and Extrachromosomal Integration of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Coding Region in Rhizobium

News source: Center Research for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Science For further information, contact Nurwantara, S.K., Sukiman H.I., and Ariani, D. Center Research for Biotechnology, Jalan Raya Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia. Phone: 21-8754587, Fax: 21-8754588 Email: witarto@biotek-indonesia.net, 2003-02-01

Cloning of Aluminium Induced Genes in Soybean

News source: ITMT Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, The University of Diponegoro, Campus Tembalang, Semarang, Indonesia. See PDF file for e-mail address., 2002-01-01

Cytochrome P450 Gene of Transgenic Rice Plant Shows Herbicide Resistance

News source: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan, 2002-07-01

Development of Cultural Matrix for Propagating Rice Seedlings

News source: Taiwan Agriculture Research Institute. Taiwan, ROC. For further information: J. Agric. Res. China 49(1), 1-11, 2000., 2001-02-01

Differentiating Upland Rice Varieties by Isozyme Analysis

News source: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Extension, MARD, Vietnam For further information, see the Science & Technology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 3: 4-6, 2002., 2002-03-01

Effect of Growth Regulators and Antioxidant Mixture on the Anther Floating Cultures of Rice

News source: Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea For further information, see Korean J. Plant Tissue Culture, v.27(2) pp.83-87., 2003-04-01

Evaluation of Introduced Hybrid Rice Combinations and Some Vietnam Hybrids

News source: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Extension, MARD, Vietnam For further information, see Science & Technology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, No.3, 2003, pp.257 -259., 2003-10-01

Genetic Analysis of &Quot;Sink&Quot; Related Grain Yield

News source: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Extension, MARD, Vietnam For further information, see Science & Technology Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 6:5. 2002, 2002-02-01

High-Precision and High-Efficient QTL Analysis for Iron Resistance of Rice and Fusarium Disease Resistance of Barley

For further information, see Hori, K.; Shimizu, T.; Satou, K.; Takeda, K.; Kawasaki, S. Theor. Appl. Genet. (Accepted)., 2003-11-01

In Planta Visual Monitoring of Green Fluorescent Protein in Transgenic Rice Plants

News source: Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea For further information, see Molecules and Cells, v.10(4) pp.411-414., 2003-03-01

Isolation of the Causal Bacterium of Red Stripe of Rice

News source: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan For further information, see Kaku, H., Ochiai, H.: The causal bacterium of red stripe of rice. In: Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2001, pp. 249-251., 2002-07-01

Micropropagation of Purple Yam

News source: The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) For further information: PCARRD Highlights 2000. Fax: (63) (49) 536-0016, 2001-03-01

MR 219, a New High-Yielding Rice Variety with Yields of More Than 10 MT/Ha

News source: MARDI, Malaysia. See PDF file for e-mail address., 2002-09-01

MRQ 50, a New Local Rice Variety for High Eating Quality

News Source: MARDI, Malaysia For further information, E-mail: pakman@mardi.my., 2003-12-01

Production and Identification of Interspecific Hybrids of Bulu Rice and Its Wild Relatives

News source: Indonesian Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research Institute (IABIOGRI), Indonesia See PDF file for e-mail address., 2002-01-01

Rapid Method of Detecting Adulteration of Goats' Milk

News source: Food Industry Research & Development Institute, Taiwan ROC. See PDF file for e-mail address., 2002-05-01

Rice Breeding for Resistance to Blast Via Marker Assisted Selection

News source: Department of Agriculture and Forestry Extension, MARD, Vietnam For further information, contact Lu Tuan Nghia, Agricultural Genetic Institute, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: vdt@agri.ac.vn, 2003-10-01

Seeds As Repositories of Recombinant Proteins in Molecular Farming

News source: Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea For further information, see Korean J. Plant Tissue Culture, v.27(4) pp.283-297., 2003-05-01

Transformation of Rice Mediated by Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Effects of Variety and Acetosyringone

News source: Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea For further information, see Korean J. Plant Tissue Culture, v.27(2) pp.95-100., 2003-04-01