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Volume 01     Issue 61    June 2017

looking for different efficient ways of producing  

more Bioplastics with enhanced features. 

Obtaining natural polymers from agricultural, 

cellulose or potato and corn starch waste is a 

very common process in this regard. Now new 

technology is underway to introduce innovative 

manufacturing process for the production of 

polylactic acid-based Bioplastics from agricul-

tural waste. By adopting such technologies, we 

can use the inedible parts of plants, such as 

seeds, husks, bagasse, grasses, etc. Large-

scale production of such Bioplastics can pave 

the way of utilizing agricultural waste for our 

farmers in the long run.

Dr. F H Ansarey

Executive Director

ACI Agribusiness

Alternative Plastic-Bioplastics: Starting

a Paradigm Shift

Bioplastics are biodegradable materials used as 

eco-friendly alternatives to traditional plastics. 

These are derived from biological substances or 

renewable biomass sources. In contrast, tradi-

tional plastics are derived from petroleum which 

is not a renewable source. It is an irony that we 

are using traditional plastics, which lasts for up 

to hundred years, to package things which have 

a shelf life of a couple of months. However, a 

paradigm shift can now be observed with the 

emergence of Bioplastics.

Not only the decomposition but also the produc-

tion of Bioplastics is sustainable in nature. 

Because it uses sources such as vegetable fats 

and oils, corn starch, or microbiota. With the 

ongoing efforts in research, scientists are now 



Contents

Farmers to Adopt Winall 301 Rice Variety

Fixin® Vet

Have Scientists Found the Brain of a Plant?

EDITORIAL BOARD



Advisory Editor

Prof. Lutfur Rahman

Advisor, ACI Agribusiness

Editor

Shamim Murad

Head of Partnership &

Business Development

ACI Agribusiness

Members

Mohammad Muhebbullah Ibne Hoque

Product Development Service Manager

ACI Seed


 

Yusuf Alam

Asst. Marketing Manager

ACI Fertilizer

Tanmoy Majumder

Assistant Product Manager

ACI Motors

Abrar Shahriyar Mridha

Asst. Manager

ACI Agrolink

Adeeba Raihan

Senior Scientist

Advanced Seed Research

& Biotech Centre

Mahmudul Haque Jishan

Planning Executive

Premiaflex Plastics Ltd.

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Biotech Corner

4 - 5   Innovation and New Products

6 - 8 

Events and Activities 



9 - 13  Agri-tech and Communication

14 - 15  Readers’ Corner

 

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A plant's decision about when to germinate 

is one of the most important it will make 

during its life

On 24 May 2017, ACI Seed organized a field day 

at Muslimgonj Bazar, Kalai, Joypurhat to present 

the field performance of the new hybrid rice 

variety named Winall 301.

ACI Animal Health launched Fixin® 

Vet injection on 21 May 2017. Each ml 

injection contains Flunixin Meglumine 

USP 83 mg (Eqv. to 50 mg Flunixin).



Plant Tissue Culture, a venture capital

based industry 

Plant Tissue Culture is an established part of 

Biotechnology. Through this technique plant 

tissues are grown aseptically in an appropriate 

sterilized container without any change in genetic 

makeup of the materials. 

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Plant Tissue Culture, a venture capital

based industry

Example of the potentials of commercial use of this 

technique is India which is the largest producer of 

tissue culture plants in Asia. They are also the 

largest exporter of tissue cultured banana plantlets 

in the world. Some of the crops which are produced 

through tissue culture with a rise in demand are 

banana, grapes, pineapple, pomegranate, straw-

berry, sugarcane, potato, turmeric, ginger, carda-

mom, vanilla and ornamentals like anthuriums, 

orchids, chrysanthemums, rose, lily, gerberas and 

also aloe vera. In fact, the demand is so high that the 

sector is increasing at a rate of 20-25% annually. 

There is ample scope for Bangladesh to expand 

commercial use of plant tissue culture. The need is 

organized low cost labs for which 



venture capital, 

which the government and banks can provide to 

experienced manpower available in the country.  

Assistance of Adeeba Raihan, Senior Scientist and 

Saiful  Islam,  Scientist,  ASRBC,  CI  Ltd.,  is                 

acknowledged.

Prof. Lutfur Rahman, 

Advisor,  Agribusinesses, ACI Ltd.   

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Flowchart for Potato tissue culture and disease free potato seed production

Plant Tissue Culture is an established part of 

Biotechnology. Through this technique plant tissues 

are grown aseptically in an appropriate sterilized 

container without any change in genetic makeup of 

the materials. This is one of the key tools being 

extensively used to produce planting materials of 

high-value low-volume crops in agriculture. Now 

the technique is used also for somatic embryogen-

esis, somatic hybridization, virus elimination, proto-

plast culture, cryopreservation, genetic engineering

micro-mutation, anther culture.

The technology which previously would be used 

only for research purpose has been modified for 

commercial needs worldwide including India, Thai-

land, Japan, South and Central America, Africa, 

Europe, etc. The demand in these countries for 

tissue cultured plants is continuously on the rise. 

In Bangladesh commercial production of virus free 

potato plantlets for large scale seed production is in 

the rise. The private sector has also tried production 

of disease free plantlets of banana & ornamentals 

with limited commercial success although has high 

potentials. 



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Innovation and New Products

Fixin® Vet

ACI Animal Health launched Fixin® Vet injection on 

21 May 2017. Each ml injection contains Flunixin 

Meglumine USP 83 mg (Eqv. to 50 mg Flunixin). 

Fixin® Vet is a fast acting pain killer which is manu

factured for the 1st time in Bangladesh. It is 4 times 

stronger than others, nontoxic and safe for all 

animals in all stages. Moreover, it has lesser side 

effects and no drug-drug interaction. For cattle, 

Fixin® Vet can be used for the control of pyrexia 

associated with bovine respiratory disease and 

endotoxemia and acute bovine mastitis. It can be 

prescribed also for the control of inflammation in 

endotoxemia. In case of horse, it can be used for the 

alleviation of inflammation and pain associated with 

musculoskeletal disorders and for the alleviation of 

visceral pain associated with colic in the horse. 

Fixin® Vet is available in 25 ml pack.



New Catch

New Catch is a Nano-Encapsulated Liquid Antiviral 

Supplement for poultry. Each liter of New Catch 

contains-Zinc 8,000 mg, Copper 5,000 mg, Sele

nium 100 mg, Lactic acid 1,000 mg, Citric acid 1,300 

mg, Beta-glucan 40 mg, Phytogenic encapsulation 

5,000 mg and Carrier q.s.to 1 liter. Enhanced active 

absorption, controlled release of active ingredient 

and improved bioavailability are the direct benefits 

of Nano-Encapsulation. New Catch is effective 

against viral diseases specially Gumboro, Newcas

tle diseases, Avian Influenza, Fowl Pox etc. It 

improves the immune system and growth rate while 

increasing anti-microbial activity. Survival rate and 

meat yield are also increased with regular usage. 

New Catch helps to make eggs shell stronger and 

increase egg production. It is manufactured by Vet 

Superior Consultant Co. Ltd (Thailand). ACI Animal 

Health launched New Catch on 16 May 2017 and it 

is now available in 100 ml pack.




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Innovation and New Products

NUTARIN Liquid

On 8 May 2017, ACI Animal Health launched NUTA

RIN Liquid. It is an oral liquid solution in a nano-

encapsulated form that is effective against disease 

caused by Clostridium perfringens, E. coli and 

Salmonella. As a very effective nano-encapsulated 

acidifier, each liter of NUTARIN contains Lactic acid 

11 g, Formic acid 5 g, Citric acid 2 g, Phytogenics 

extract 5 g and Excipients q. s. to 1 liter. It increases 

anti-microbial and antiviral activity. Moreover, 

improvement in growth performance, survival rate 

and meat yield are also observed with regular 

usage. Besides, improved nutrient digestibility and 

feed conversion ratio help to increase the produc

tion and quality of eggs. On the other hand, NUTA

RIN helps to reduce stress. It is manufactured by 

Vet Superior Consultant Co. Ltd (Thailand) and 

available in 1 liter pack.




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Events and Activities 

On 24 May 2017, ACI Seed organized a field day 

at Muslimgonj Bazar, Kalai, Joypurhat to present 

the field performance of the new hybrid rice vari-

ety named Winall 301. About 70 prospective farm-

ers, 2 local retailers, 2 dealers and the local Sub 

Assistant Agriculture Officer attended the field 

day.  The newly released rice variety is available 

for Boro season to the farmers, dealers, retailers.

Mr. Shafiqul Islam, ASM, Bogra and Mr. Khanda-

kar Riad Hassan, RSM, Rangpur from ACI Seed 

facilitated the audience to observe and evaluate 

the benefits of cultivating Winal 301. Compared to 

the top hybrid rice varieties in the market, its yield-

ing ability and field standing was remarkable. 

Participants of the field easily made the compari-

son as Md. Mahamudul Hassan, a demonstration 

farmer, shared his experience. He had cultivated 

Winall 301 variety in his 54 decimal of land in the 

last Boro season and got 10.6 MT/ha yield 

through a disease-free and pest-free cultivation. 

Participants of the field day realized the potentials 

of the new rice variety and are planning to adopt it 

in the Boro season.



Farmers to Adopt Winall 301 Rice Variety

ACI & BINA signed TOT MoU

On 29 May 2017, ACI Limited and Bangladesh 

Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) signed a 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding 

the transfer of “BINA-Biofertilizer Technology” 

(Rhizobium Biofertilizer). This Transfer of Tech-

nology (TOT) MoU signing ceremony was held at 

BINA, Mymensingh where Director General 

(DG)-BINA Dr. Md. Amjad Hossain, Dr. Md. 

Mohsin Ali-CSO & Head of Soil Science Division-

BINA, Dr. Md. Zahrul Islam-PSO, Soil Science 

Division-BINA, Bashir Ahmed-Business Director,   




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Events and Activities 

 ACI Fertilizer, and Md. Asadur Rahman-Assistant 

Product Manager,  ACI Fertilizer represented 

signing parties. As a result of this MoU, ACI Lim-

ited will get the opportunity to use the Biofertilizer 

Technology for 2 years consecutively with all the 

technical support from BINA. In the long run, ACI 

Fertilizer will be able to enrich its product basket 

and make Biofertilizer widely available to farmers 

through its marketing and distribution facility. 

Farmers will get financial benefit by using Bioferti-

lizer instead of Urea for the production of oil seed 

(8 types) & pulse crops as it helps to improve soil 

fertility. Besides, Biofertilizer is Eco-friendly which 

will help to preserve the environment.

ACI Motors, the largest Agri-Machineries com-

pany in Bangladesh inaugurated country’s first 

Modern Training Center at Chacra More, Jessore 

on 15 May 2017. This Training Center consists of 

a fully automated cut section tractor, through 

which training of engine, hydraulics, gear and 

other parts of the tractor will be conducted. 

Agricultural machinery users and technicians 

would be trained with technical and entrepre-

neurial skills through this training center. This is 

remarkable that, Sonalika Tractor is the highest 

selling tractor in the Country and this is the only 

company providing after sales service within 6 

hours anywhere in the country.

Country's 1st Farm Mechanization Training Center

at Jessore



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Events and Activities 

The inauguration program was covered by a 

number of electronic and print media. In the 

program, Director Sales Mr. Md. Azam Ali, Gen-

eral Manager Service Engr. Asif Uddin, Marketing 

Manager Mr. Munem Shahriyar, Sales Manager 

Mr. Prabir Kumar Adhikary, Regional Sales 

Manager Mr. Abu Al Emran and Asst.Product Man-

ager  Mr. Tanmoy Majumder were present from 

ACI Motors. On behalf of International Tractor Ltd. 

India, Deputy General Manager Mr. Sunil Sondhi, 

Manager Service Mr. Diptendu Roy and other high 

officials were present along with customers and 

well-wishers.

ACI Motors arranged a Workshop for the Dealer 

Managers of Power Tiller – Diesel Engine on 

13-14 May 2017. On the first day of the workshop, 

the invited participants enjoyed their time in an 

amusement park nearby Dhaka. On the second 

day, the invited dealer point managers attended 

training sessions at ACI Center, Dhaka. The train-

ing sessions included sales and product training. 

Mr. Subrata Ranjan Das, Chief Business Officer, 

ACI Motors encouraged the workshop partici-

pants while Director Sales Mr. Md. Azam Ali, Gen-

eral Manager Service Engr. Asif Uddin, Sales 

Manager Mr. Prabir Kumar Adhikary, and Asst. 

Product Manager Arafat Hossain were also 

present from ACI Motors.

ACI Motors’ Dealer Manager Workshop 2017



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Have Scientists Found the Brain of a Plant?

that germination timing depends on these intra-

region signals.

(Source: Agriculture and Food News, ScienceDaily. 

www.sciencedaily.com)

uptake capacity, which help coordinate the C/N 

balance to avoid photosynthetic acclimation. The 

high enhancement of the indica rice yield under 

FACE holds promise for improved cultivar selection 

for future food security.

(Source: Scientific Reports, Nature.com Link: 

www.nature.com/scientificreports)

A plant's decision about when to germinate is one 

of the most important it will make during its life. Too 

soon, and the plant may be damaged by harsh 

winter conditions; too late, and it may be outcom-

peted by other, more precocious plants. In a study 

published on 5 June 2017 in Proceedings of the 

National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists 

from the University of Birmingham have shown that 

this trade-off between speed and accuracy is 

controlled by a small group of cells within the plant 

embryo that operate in similar way to the human 

brain.


The scientists showed that the 'decision-making 

centre' in a plant called Arabidopsis, or thale cress, 

contains two types of cell -- one that promotes seed 

dormancy, and one that promotes germination. 

These two groups of cells communicate with each 

other by moving hormones, an analogous mecha-

nism to that employed by our own brains when we 

decide whether or not to move. The scientists used 

mathematical modelling to show that communica-

tion between the separated elements controls the 

plant's sensitivity to its environment. Following this 

theory, they used a mutant plant where cells were 

more chemically linked -- essentially enhancing  

3D digital reconstructions of plant embryos where the components that 

make the decision in these are located.

Photo Credit: University of Birmingham

Indica Rice Genotype showed Hybrid Rice like Yield

Although the rice growth response to FACE (free-

air CO2 enrichment) has been widely studied and is 

considered important within the scientific commu-

nity, few studies have attempted to examine the 

effects of FACE on the yield of indica rice, which is 

typically the parent of indica hybrids in China. The 

effects of FACE on the yield, yield components, 

biomass, N uptake and leaf photosynthesis of 

Yangdao 6 Hao (an indica rice) in China were 

examined over 2 years. The grain yield increased 

over 30%, the panicle number increased 12.4% on 

average, and the spikelet number per panicle also 

showed an average increase of 8.2% at elevated 

CO2. FACE caused a significant enhancement in 

both the filled spikelet percentage (+5.9%) and the 

individual grain weight (+3.0%). Compared with 

three prior FACE studies on rice, a similar enhance-

ment of yield in hybrid indica was shown under 

FACE, with much a higher value than for the 

japonica rice cultivar (approximately + 13%) 



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what  drives  emissions  of  nitrous  oxide  from           

productive farmlands," said John Schade, a 

program director for the National Science Founda-

tion's Long-Term Ecological Research program, 

which co-funded the research with NSF's earth 

sciences division. "We need studies like this to 

guide the creation of sustainable agricultural prac-

tices necessary to feed a growing human population 

with minimal environmental impact."

(Source: Agriculture and Food News, ScienceDaily. 

www.sciencedaily.com)



Photo Credit: patpitchaya / Fotolia

Waiting through a cold season to flower weighs heavily on the amount of 

biomass a plant accumulates. The Brachypodium grass on the right holds 

out through winter before beginning vernalization and flower production. 

The plant on the left flowers without vernalization, and does less work to 

establish roots and leaves.



Photo Credit: Daniel Woods/UW-Madison

Decomposing Leaves: Source of Greenhouse Gases

Michigan State University scientists have pinpointed 

a new source of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 

that's more potent than carbon dioxide. The culprit? 

Tiny bits of decomposing leaves in soil. This new 

discovery is featured in the current issue of Nature 

Geoscience, could help refine nitrous oxide emis-

sion predictions as well as guide future agriculture 

and soil management practices. "Most nitrous oxide 

is produced within teaspoon-sized volumes of soil, 

and these so-called hot spots can emit a lot of 

nitrous oxide quickly," said Sasha Kravchenko, 

MSU plant, soil and microbial scientist and lead 

author of the study. "But the reason for occurrence 

of these hot spots has mystified soil microbiologists 

since it was discovered several decades ago." Part 

of the vexation was due, in part, to scientists looking 

at larger spatial scales. It's difficult to study and label 

an entire field as a source of greenhouse gas emis-

sions when the source is grams of soil harboring 

decomposing leaves. Changing the view from 

binoculars to microscopes will help improve N2O 

emission predictions, which traditionally are about 

50 percent accurate, at best. Nitrous oxide's global 

warming potential is 300 times greater than carbon 

dioxide, and emissions are largely driven by agricul-

tural practices. "This work sheds new light on

Gene Helps Time Spring Flowering in Grass Crops

Winter is no time to flower, which is why so many 

plants have evolved the ability to wait for the snow 

to melt before investing precious resources in 

blooms. Waking up to flower as the warmer, longer 

days of spring arrive -- and the risk of a damaging 

frost recedes -- requires a process called vernaliza-

tion, in which flowering is blocked until the plant 

senses a sufficient cold spell. Researchers at the 

University of Wisconsin-Madison have identified a 

gene that keeps grasses from entering their flower-

ing cycle until the season is right, a discovery that 

may help plant breeders and engineers get more 

from food and energy crops.

"For many plants -- some varieties of wheat are a 

good example -- it's advantageous to get estab-

lished in the fall but avoid flowering before it gets 

really cold," says Rick Amasino, a UW-Madison 

professor of biochemistry and genetics. "By becom-

ing established in the fall, such plants can take full 

advantage of the window of the growing season 

when it opens in the spring." Much has been done to 

identify genes involved in flowering, including one in 



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grasses called VRN1 that helps get the vernaliza-

tion ball rolling by spurring groups of other genes 

into action. But just what keeps VRN1 in check, so 

flowering does not occur in the fall or in a winter 

warm spell, was unclear until Amasino, postdoctoral 

researcher Daniel Woods and others began putting 

a small Mediterranean grass called Brachypodium, 

or false purple brome, through false cold seasons in 

lab refrigerators. "Getting at the genetics underlying 

complex processes is difficult in many crop species, 

Engineered Rice Shows Resistance to Multiple

Diseases at Once

Scientists have successfully engineered a rice 

plant with an adjustable immune system to make it 

resistant to multiple diseases at once without 

decreasing its yield. "For as long as I have been in 

this field, people have been scratching their heads 

about how to activate a defense system where and 

when it is needed," says Jonathan Jones, a profes-

sor at the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, U.K. "It 

is among the most promising lines of research in 

this field that I have seen."

The gene known as NPR1 has been explored by 

many scientists to improve the immune system of 

rice, wheat, apple, and other plants. Duke Univer-

sity scientist, Xinnian Dong, has been studying this 

gene for two decades and referred it as the "master 

regulator" of plant defense. When this gene is 

turned on for immunity, it backfires on the growth of 

the plant resulting to stunting and zero production 

for farmers. This led Dong and other researchers 

to another immune system-activating protein in 

Arabidopsis, the TBF1. They discovered a compli-

cated system that involves readily available mes-

senger RNA molecules that encode TBF1, and 

instantly translating these molecules into TBF1 

proteins, causing an immune response. Dong 

copied the segment of the DNA that functions as a 

switch for immune response and placed it along

side and in front of the NPR1 in rice. This led to a 

rice plant with boosted immune system strong 

enough to ward off pathogens in short periods of 

time to avoid stunting. The engineered rice has 

shown effective resistance against rice blight 

(Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae), leaf streak (X. 

oryzae pv. oryzicola), and blast disease 

(Magnaporthe oryzae).

(Source: Crop Biotech Update, International Service for 

Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications. www.isaaa.org)

so we've used a small plant with a compact genome 

as a model to get at the molecular underpinnings of 

how a vernalization requirement is established," 

says Woods, first author on the study published in 

the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of 

Sciences. "What we found is a gene that represses 

the VRN1 gene prior to winter."

(Source: Agriculture and Food News, ScienceDaily. 

www.sciencedaily.com)



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CAAS Scientists Develop Herbicide Resistant Cotton

Glyphosate resistant crops have been widely 

adopted by North and South American farmers. 

However, the adoption of glyphosate resistant crops 

in China has been hampered by several factors, 

including labor markets and the residual effects of 

glyphosate in transgenic plants. Chengzhen Liang 

from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 

reported the co-expression of codon-optimized 

forms of GR79 EPSPS and N-acetyltransferase 

(GAT) genes in cotton. Two co-expression cotton 

lines, GGCO2 and GGCO5, exhibited five times 

more resistance to glyphosate with a 10-fold reduc

tion in glyphosate residues.

The GGCO2 line was then used in a hybridization 

program to develop new glyphosate resistant cotton 

varieties. Field trials consisted of three growing 

seasons showed that pGR79-pGAT transgenic 

cotton lines had the same agronomic performance 

as conventional varieties, but were cheaper to 

produce per hectare. The strategy to pyramid these 

genes offers an attractive approach for engineering  

residue cotton varieties.

(Source: Crop Biotech Update, International Service for Acqui-

sition of Agri-Biotech Applications. www.isaaa.org)

This image shows roots of a corn plant infected by endoparasitic 

nematodes (in red). The plant is being treated with a pesticide (purple 

sphere) encapsulated into Tobacco mild green mosaic virus (grey rods). 

The virus enhances the diffusion of the pesticide to the root level of the 

plant, where the nematode resides, thus increasing treatment efficacy.



Photo Credit: Paul Chariou

Promise for Controlling Crop Parasites

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University 

are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture 

to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and 

safely. The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause 

$157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, 

other researchers estimate, largely because they're 

beyond the reach of pesticides. The chemicals 

disperse poorly into soil, while the parasites feed at 

plant roots well below the surface. As a result, farm

ers apply large amounts of pesticides, which can 

increase the chemical concentrations in food or run 

off and damage other parts of the environment, all of 

which have costs. But biomedical engineering 

researchers at Case Western Reserve may have 

found an effective solution.

"We use biological nanoparticles -- a plant virus -- to 

deliver a pesticide," said Paul Chariou, a PhD 

student in biomedical engineering at Case Western 

Reserve and author of a study on the process pub

lished in the journal ACS Nano. "Use of the nano

particle increases soil diffusion while decreasing the 

risk of leaching and runoff, reducing the amount of 

chemical in food crops and reducing the cost to treat 

crops." Chariou worked with Nicole Steinmetz, 



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the George J. Picha Professor in Biomaterials 

appointed by the Case Western Reserve School of 

Medicine. Parasitic nematodes feed on a wide 

range of crops, including corn, wheat, coffee, 

soybeans, potatoes and a host of fruit trees. 



Simultaneous Multiple Gene Targeting to Alter

Oil Production in Camelina

Camelina sativa can easily be genetically modified 

using enzymes from other plants, making it an 

ideal platform for the production of unusual valu-

able lipids. However, suppression of endogenous 

enzyme activity to reduce competition for sub-

strates, such as triacylglycerol, is also required to 

enhance the production of target compounds. 

Furthermore, camelina possesses a hexaploid 

genome, with multiple gene homeologs coding for 

an enzyme. Kansas State University researchers 

designed a guide RNA identical to all three 

CsDGAT1 or CsPDAT1 homeologs, to demon-

strate the ability of the system in introducing muta-

tions to the genes important for triacylglycerol 

(TAG) synthesis in developing seeds. Analysis 

from the edited T1 plants revealed that each 

CsDGAT1 or CsPDAT1 homeolog was altered by 

multiple mutations, resulting in a genetic mosaic in 

the plants.

Seeds harvested from both CsDGAT1- and 

CsPDAT1-targeted lines were often shrunken and 

wrinkled. Furthermore, lipid analysis revealed that 

many lines produced seed with reduced oil content 

and altered fatty acid composition, consistent with 

the role of the targeted genes. CRISPR-Cas 

system therefore represents a useful method to 

alter endogenous biosynthetic pathways efficiently 

in polyploid species such as camelina.

(Source: Crop Biotech Update, International Service for Acqui-

sition of Agri-Biotech Applications. www.isaaa.org)

Damage they cause at the roots impairs the plants' 

ability to absorb water and nutrients, which can kill 

young plants and reduce yields in mature plants.

(Source: Agriculture and Food News, ScienceDaily. 

www.sciencedaily.com)




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Nutrition Chart

Tips

To keep your vegetables and fruits fresher for longer, you can follow these simple tips:

Store unripe fruits and veggies like pears, peaches, plums, kiwis, mangoes, apricots, avocados, melons, and 

bananas on the counter. Once they're ripe, move them to the fridge. Banana peels will turn dark brown, but it 

won't affect the flesh.

Keep potatoes, onions, and tomatoes in a cool, dry place, but not in the fridge. The cold will ruin their flavor.

Store salad greens and fresh herbs in bags filled with a little air and sealed tightly.

Citrus fruits such as oranges, tangerines, lemons, and limes, will do fine for up to a week in a cool, dark place, 

away from direct sunlight, but you can lengthen their lives by storing them in the fridge in a mesh or perforated 

plastic bag.

Other types of produce such as carrots, lettuce, and broccoli start to spoil as soon as they're picked, so place 

these in separate plastic bags in the crisper in your fridge Can    improve    soil    fertility    as    certain    mulch    

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A mango tree can grow as tall as 100 feet.

Mango seeds are used to make soap due to its high 

stearic acid content.

1 cup Mango can provide 100% of your daily 

vitamin C, 35% of your daily vitamin A and 12% of 

your daily fiber.

Mangoes are related to cashews and pistachios.

In many Latin American countries, mango on a 

stick with the skin peeled back is sold by street 

vendors

Mango (per 100 g)

250 kJ


15 g

0.38 g


0.82 g

11 mg


0.16 mg

Magnesium

Manganese

Phosphorus

Potassium

Sodium


Zinc

10 mg


0.063 mg

14 mg


168 mg

1 mg


0.09 mg

Source: USDA Nutrient Database

(Tips courtesy: popsugar.com)

Energy


Carbohydrates

Fat


Protein

Calcium


Iron


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