Seed Industry

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Description of crop: Onion seed is a biennial crop produced either as a seed-to-seed crop or as a bulb-to-seed crop. If direct-seeded, the crop is planted in July and harvested in August the next year. If the crop is grown from vernalized bulbs, the bulbs (produced elsewhere) are transplanted in March and harvested in August the same year. Fields are left fallow following harvest. After planning, the fields are cultivated mechanically and hoed. Onion seed is harvested by hand or mechanically means. If cut mechanically, the crop is swathed onto paper and tied down to protect the umbels and seed from being blown away by wind. The crop is dried in the field for two to four weeks and then threshed. When harvested by hand, the crop is cut, placed in burlap sacks and dried via forced air. The dried crop is then fed by hand into a combine. After harvest, the seed is sent to a conditioning plant and cleaned to 99% purity. A majority of onion seed crops are grown in central Washington, with a

WEB BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM ON PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES WITH MARKETING STRATEGIES ALONG WITH GENETIC RESOURCE DATABASE WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTIVARS OF VEGETABLE CROPS OF CENTRAL INDIA. Objective of the Project: Vegetable being a rich and cheap source of vitamins and minerals, occupy an important place in the food of Indian consumers. The country is producing about 98 million tonnes (MT) of vegetables from an area of around 6.07 million ha. At present there is a lack of sufficient focus and farmers confront a number of problems. If information pertaining to different aspect of vegetable production is provided in user friendly way, it will have a great importance in the present scenario of globalization as it aims to provide appropriate advice in vegetable production to the farmers. To place comprehensive information of sustainable vegetable production and marketing strategies useful to farmers and agriculturists on the website preferably on www.jnkvv.nic.in. Vegetable Production Te

Corn and soybean products that are more efficient in using available water resources will soon be available to producers. Pioneer is set to launch its Drought 1 tolerant corn in the western Corn Belt sometime this year, and other companies have drought-tolerant traits in their development pipelines. “We have been studying drought tolerance since the 1950s,” says Jeff Schussler, senior research manager at Pioneer. “Our Drought 1 product uses native genes that we have identified that will help provide yield stability in areas with limited water supplies.” The next round of drought products, according to Schussler, will include a transgenic approach combined with native genes. In July, Syngenta unveiled water optimization technology called Agrisure Artesian. A limited quantity of hybrids with this technology will be available for 2011 planting through the company’s Garst, Golden Harvest and NK product brands. “The water optimization technolog

Agriculture in India is the means of livelihood of almost two thirds of the workforce in the country. It employs nearly 62% of the country’s total population and occupies 42% of its total geographical area. From a nation dependent on food imports to feed its population, India today is not only self-sufficient in grain production, but also has a substantial reserve. The progress made by agriculture in the last four decades has been one of the biggest success stories of free India. Agriculture and allied activities constitute one of the main contributors to the Gross Domestic Product of the nation. The increase in agricultural production has been brought about by bringing additional area under cultivation, extension of irrigation facilities, the use of seed of improved high yielding varieties, better production technologies evolved through agricultural research, water management, and plant protection through judicious use of fertilizers, pesticides and cropping practices.

Vibha Seeds Group CMD Vidyasagar Parchuri was awarded with the "Outstanding AgBio Leadership Award 2011"   Vibha Seeds Group is pleased to announce that its CMD, Vidyasagar Parchuri, has been awarded with the " Outstanding AgBio Leadership Award ” at AgBio Global Summit, 2011 at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University ( TNAU ), Coimbatore. This recognition comes for his outstanding commitment and leadership vision in promoting Research & Innovation and Development of quality hybrid seeds and crop genetics programs for the benefit of farmers and to uphold our national pride in food security and agriculture education and the welfare of the Indian farming community at large. The award has conferred by Maryland India Business Round Table Inc. ( MIBRT ), USA. Vidyasagar Parchuri, the Chairman and Managing Director of Vibha Seeds Group is a shining example of entrepreneur in seed industry who has demonstrated that how dedication, attention to details and sheer hard wo

We are into seed business having presence across the country. Now we are moving aggressively with range of micro-nutrients and bio-products under our separate division “Microteck” We require experienced candidates for the position of Sales-Officer / Territory-Manager at various HQ in different states of the North-India. Please send your bio-data and complete details of experience with date-to-date period, area, products handled, achievements, etc. Be careful while mentioning details of experience. Sanjeev Sabharwal (Business Manager) kaveri seed company limited Roshan-compound, Lasudia-mori, Dewas-naka, A.B.road, INDORE-(MP) E-mail : kscl.indore@rediffmail.com Phone : 0731-4033607

In the context of agriculture, the potential of information technology (IT) can be assessed broadly under two heads : (a) as a tool for direct contribution to agricultural productivity and (b) as an indirect tool for empowering farmers to take informed and quality decisions which will have positive impact on the way agriculture and allied activities are conducted. Precision farming, popular in developed countries, extensively uses IT to make direct contribution to agricultural productivity. The techniques of remote sensing using satellite technologies,  geographical information systems, agronomy and soil sciences are used to increase the agricultural output. This approach is capital intensive and useful where large tracts of land are involved. Consequently it is more  suitable for farming taken up on corporate lines.  The indirect benefits of IT in empowering Indian farmer are significant and remains to be exploited. The Indian farmer urgently requires timely and reliable

Seed Companies of India

SEED COMPANIES   A.G.Sunseeds (I) Pvt.Ltd. C/o P.M.Parikh Bungalow Opp.Motilal Mangal Karyalaya, Motinagar, Latur- 4132512 Advanta India Limited (formerly ITC zeneca Ltd) 309 3 rd  Floor, Raheja Chambers, Mauseum Road, Bangalore – 560 001 Tel: (080) 5594524 Fax: 5594525 Agri Genetic Research Organisation Pvt.Ltd Soman Commercial Complex, Datta Chowk, Yawatmal-445 001 Tel: (07232) 44144,44611,44201 Agro Biotech 216, Oppanakara Street, Coimbatore-641 001 Ajeet Seed Pvt.Ltd Tapadiya Terraces, IInd Floor, Adalat Road, Aurangabad-431 001 Tel: (0240) 332572,320010 Fax 333335 Ajinkya Seeds Survey No.14,Wadgaon (Bk), Anandnagar, Pune: 411 051 Tel: (020) 433 4052 Amereswara Agri Tech Pvt. Ltd. 301,Durga Apartment, Solnaji Guda, Hyderabad:500 082 Tel: 310858/4987 Fax: 310858 Andhra Pradesh State Seeds Development Corpn. Ltd. 5-10-193,2 nd  Floor, Haca Bhavan, Hyderabad: 500 004 Tel: (0842) 236088,234295 Fax : 240099 Ankur Hybrid Seed Corporation Mirz