year XII, n. 6, November/December 2008 Skips and double seed drops The level of technology presently applied to agriculture cropping is responsible for the high productivity per unit area recorded in commercial crop fields. Much work has been undertaken to improve agronomic traits and plant breeding has been essential to the creation of high-yielding cultivars, with enhanced resistance or tolerance to different kinds of stresses. Hence, there is a lot of effort put forward on the use of superior cultivars, high quality seeds, the appropriate use of fertilizers, observance of planting dates... >>full story Go to new site http://www.seednews.inf.br or SeedConnect - Global Seed Industry NetworkG http://www.seedconnectonline.com