At a recent national seed conference in China, it was indicated that a new seed law is under development that will focus on amendment of the PRV, seed labeling, the examination as well as approval of seed varieties and financial support of the crop seed industry. China Calls for Protecting Domestic Seed Varieties At a recent national seed conference, China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) called for continuous efforts toward the protection of domestic seed varieties. The conference emphasized that the crop seed industry is essential to ensuring the long-term stable development of the nation's agriculture and food security. Several suggestions made at the conference included:
Implementation of higher entry requirements for the country's...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
