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Vol 6 No 1 • March 2020
ISSN 2410-1206
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1 Preface
2 Editor’s note
4 News
15 AGRONOMY

7 Sclerotinia in soya beans: Know your enemy
10 Photothermal adaptability improvement in soya bean
13 Precision plant breeding and genetic biofortification

SEEDS
15 Long-term benefits of certified soya bean seed
16 The science of seed treatment on soya beans
20 19 Oil incentives: Thinking differently about sunflowers

CHEMICALS AND FERTILISER
20 Biochemical warfare: Soya bean vs yellow nutsedge
23 Sclerotinia control: A fungicide-resistant approach

Processing
25 Producing oilcake safe for use in animal feed

MARKETS
26 Coronavirus rattles commodity markets
34 28 The impact of COVID-19 on soya bean markets

Logistics
30 Soya bean crop quality survey results for 2018/19
32 Sunflower crop quality survey results for 2018/19

quality and nutrition
34 Oja! Farms: Pioneering soya bean products
36 Health benefits of soya bean consumption
39 Modification of egg yolk fatty acids profile
39 42 Evidence of the health benefits of canola oil

General
46 Census 2017: An overview of commercial agriculture
48 Against whom is a land claim really made?

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