On 18 May 2022, ACI Seed’s team of Dhaka area conducted a field day program of ACI 6. The program was held at Daulatpur, Manikganj. Mr. Sudhir Chandra Nath, Business Director, ACI Seed was present as the chief guest in the program. Mr. Mizanur Rahaman, Business Manager; Mr. Ferdous »
On 29 May 2022, ACI Seed arranged a retailers’ meeting focusing on promising vegetable varieties. The meeting was held with the assistance of M/S Habib Beej Bhander at Chuknagar, Dumuria, Khulna. Dumuria is a very potential place for vegetable cultivation in Kharif Season. Farmers cultivate the vegetables of Cucurbitaceae »
In the future, cameras could spot blackbirds feeding on grapes in a vineyard and launch drones to drive off the avian irritants, then return to watch for the next invading flock. All without a human nearby. A Washington State University research team has developed just such a system, which they »
An international team of researchers from Australia's University of Adelaide and the UK's John Innes Centre has identified a gene that improves wheat yield, which can also lead to increasing the crop's protein content by up to 25 percent. According to Dr. Scott Boden from the University of Adelaide's School »
Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural production but international researchers warn this digital-age phenomenon could reap a crop of another kind -- cybersecurity attacks. Complex IT and math modeling at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, Aix-Marseille University, France and Flinders University in South Australia, have highlighted »
An international research team has successfully unraveled the genomes of 418 unique samples of rapeseed from different geographical locations across the globe to identify traits for improved crop yield. The research is a four-year collaboration among scientists from Australia, China, and the United States. The researchers were able to identify »
For the first time in human history, scientists marked a milestone in lunar and space exploration as they have successfully grown plants in soil from the moon collected during the Apollo 11, 12, and 17 missions. Scientists Rob Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul from the University of Florida showed that plants »
Two articles recently published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and the Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture journals outline how CRISPR technology can advance the uses of the world's largest vegetable crop. Both papers include the work done by Stephany Toinga, Ph.D., who was a graduate student »
John Innes Centre (JIC) scientists used CRISPR-Cas9 to shut off a molecule in tomato plants and increase the concentration of provitamin D3 in the fruits and leaves. The study, published in Nature Plants, provides a simple solution to the increasing number of individuals suffering from vitamin D insufficiency worldwide. Vitamin »
Soil is considered a non-renewable resource, making it even more precious – and something we ought to take care of! Archaeologists believe that the collapse of some ancient civilizations – including that of Harappa in the Indus Valley, and the Mayans in Central America – was a direct result of mismanagement of their »
