In Japan, the mechanism of plant defense mediated by the non-expressor of pathogenesis-related (NPR) genes in monocots (plants having a single embryonic leaf) is not well-documented. Now, scientists from Tokyo University of Science have discovered how the NPR family of genes regulate immune responses in the model monocot Brachypodium distachyon. These findings provide a blueprint […]
In Germany, UFOP is reporting that rapeseed prices are the only prices that have surpassed 2015 levels, noting in particular that cereals and corn prices have seen a short dip. In April, Rapeseed prices shot up to the highest levels since 2015; April 2016 bids for rapeseed were on average EUR 349 per tonne ex […]
In Ukraine, the State Food Grain Corporation has received RED Bioenergy Sustainability Assurance certification, allowing the company to supply feedstock for biofuels production in Europe. The company’s 44 subsidiaries can store 3.5 million metric tons of cereals per year, which it now hopes will fetch a better prices thanks to compliance with biofuels sustainability criteria.
In the UK, Chatham House says in a new report that major grain-based and oilseed-based biofuel-producing countries could collectively purchase call options from their biofuel industries. This arrangement would act as a virtual global food reserve. These contracts could specify a trigger – based on a price index – which when activated would obligate the […]
