Scientists: Coronavirus survive on phone screen up to 28 days
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE entire world is getting burnt out with this Covid-19 pandemic and it becomes more depressing as it drags with no end in sight. Numerous preventive measures have been taken to battle the pandemic such as wearing a mask, washing hands frequently and practicing social distancing. Beyond that, do you clean your phone screen and […]
Argentina first in the world to approve drought tolerant HB4® wheat
Reading Time: < 1 minuteARGENTINA’S Ministry of Agriculture has granted approval of Bioceres Crop Solutions’ HB4 wheat event for growth and consumption. The HB4 trait increases wheat yields by up to 20% and is currently the only drought tolerance technology for wheat and soybean crops in the world. Argentina is Latin America’s largest wheat producer and the world’s first country to adopt HB4 drought tolerance technology for wheat. Argentina’s […]
ISAAA assists Myanmar scientists, academics in developing Biotechnology Information Portal
Reading Time: 2 minutesFOR the last two years, ISAAA SEAsiaCenter has assisted Myanmar in establishing its National Biosafety Framework, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI), the Plant Biotech Center, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS). After a series of capacity building seminars and workshops for researchers and […]