The CBF/DREB 1 increases freezing tolerance in woody plants but is associated with dwarfed plants and delayed flowering. These same changes were observed when Arabidopsis DWARF AND DELAYED FLOWERING 1 (DDF1) was overexpressed. However, DDF1 orthologs have not been studied in woody plants.

Cornell University researchers have found out how E. coli bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics and other poisons. When undesirable molecules show up, the bacterial cell opens a tunnel through its cell wall and pumps out the intruders. According to Peng Chen, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, scientists have hypothesized on the assembly of these tunnels for a long time. Now the team has seen them.

Cotton fiber is differentiated from single cell of ovule epidermis. A number of genes are involved in fiber formation, however, only a few fiber genes have been studied. The Kinesin 13 subfamily was found to play vital roles during cell division and cell elongation, and is believed to be involved in the regulation of cotton fiber development.

Mr. Nguyễn Thế Nhuận leaving for Belgium under agricultural training and visiting program, from 18 to 25 March 2017.

Dr Sivaprasgasam, CABI representative [a.siva@cabi.org]; Ms. Malvika Chaudhary, CABI regional coordinator, PlantWise Asia discussed about PlantWise project with the emphasis on Black Pepper in Vietnam and how to establish the plant clinic; May 25 2017.

After the study on DNA structure (April 25, 1953) by James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin; rice genome as well as crop species has been developed in term of a new era of green revolution with the emphasis on genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics.

Vietnam’s agriculture and overall food system are at a turning point. The country has emerged as one of the world’s leading exporters of agro-food commodities and is among the top five for aquatic products, rice, coffee, tea, cashews, black pepper, rubber, and cassava. However, the sector is experiencing a low quality of growth.