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November 13, 2009
Namdhari Seeds Thailand, Field Day

During APSA 2009 a Field Day was organized by Namdhari Seeds (Thailand) at Research Farm, Chiang Mai on Nov 13, 2009.

The following crops / hybrids were on display
Hot Pepper Spiral- SP 4, H 1538, H-1544 , Green Fresh NS 279, H-800, NS 240, Red Dry- NS 208, Hot Chilli - NS 275, H 1528,H 1855, Upright NS 201, NS 203, H-1563 & dual purpose NS 1072, NS 408.
Ridge Gourd NS 474, NS 401, NS 403
Sponge Gourd NS 441
Wax Gourd AGH 38
Botle Gourd NS 439, NS 422
Bitter GourdVietnam Type- NS 56, NS 85, Indian Type- NS 424, NS 400, 595, Asiatic- NS 2069, NS 2126
Egg Palnt EGT 22, EGT 23, NS 98
Okra NS 801, NS 810, NS 816, NS 819, NS 852, NS 854, NS 855
Cucumber H-1592, H1593, H 1780, H1783, H-1788, H1803, H-1807, H-1809, H-1811
Flowers Different varieties & colors

From different companies the following delegates were visited the field day
Dr. L.K. Pandey National Manager MarketingSungro Seeds Ltd India
Mr. Abhay Saraiya GM Seed Business Excel Crop Care Ltd India
Mrs. Manjo MehtaManager I&E M/s. MAHYCO India
Mr Koshibe President Mikado Kyowa Japan
Mr. Charles Dee President M/s. Dee Implement Inc USA
Mrs. Donna Dee-M/s. Dee Implement Inc USA
Mr. Ernie StetzerSales M/s. Dee Implement Inc USA.
Mr. Agustin Della BrunaEngineerM/s. Dee Implement Inc USA.
Mrs. Susan Stetzer - M/s. Dee Implement Inc USA.
Mr. Nikolay KimenkoSales Mr. Aleksander Kostenko USA.
Mr. Ken Fearday Executive VP M/s. Rice Tec Inc USA.
Mr. Zhonglu Yang Manager M/s. Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture Co. Ltd China
Mr. Rullin PangCEOM/s. Hefei Pang’s Agro Products Co. Ltd China
Ms. Shuween XieInternational Dept G.M M/s. Hefei Pang’s Agro Products Co. Ltd China
Mr. Prasad Weerasekera & Mr. Lakmal Dassanyake Managing Directors M/s. AgStar Seeds (Pvt) Ltd Srilanka
Dr. Mari Furter Product Manager M/s. Hygrotech South Africa
Mr. Frederic Royer President M/s. Doriane France
Mr & Mrs. Florence- M/s. Doriane France
Mr. Mike Hull Global Business Developent M/s. Nickerson-Zwaan B.V. Netherlands




Delegates - Welcome to Namdhari Seeds (Thailand) Research Farm.



Mr. Sanjay Singh, Country Manager, briefing on Namdhari Seeds Products.



Delegates taking note of Namdhari Seeds hybrids in the fields.



Delegates in Ridgegourd field with Mr. Sanjay Singh.



Delegate appreciating the hybrid quality.

Namdhari Seeds Stall @ APSA 2009


Namdhari Seeds Stall with an excellent live hybrid samples were on display



At the stall - Mr. Buta Singh Director Marketing, Our Distributor in Pakistan Mr. Shekh Mohammad from Mehr Mohammad Co, Mr. Jebaraj Joseph, Country Manager, Vietnam, Mr. Uday Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, Dr. N. Anand, Director -Research, , Mr. Deepak Kumar Singh, Country Manager, Bangladesh, Mr. Sanjay Singh, Country Manager, Thailand.



Dignitaries at the stall with the Namdhari Seeds Management.



Trading ties at the conference...



Namdhari Seeds - The seeds for a better future....

August 15, 2009
Namdhari Seeds Turkey, Field Day

A Field Day was organized by Namdhari Seeds in Turkey on August 15, 2009. It was located in Beylik village in Karacabey, 70 km at west of BURSA. Several hybrids in the following crops were on display: Tomatoes - processing, fresh market determinate and open field indeterminate hybrids, Peppers including Charleston, Demiri and Dolma; Eggplants, Watermelon and Melon. The number of promising competitive hybrids in each of the crops are provided below:

Tomato Fresh Market Determinate - NSX 963, NSX 9887, NSX 9879 and NSX 9276; Dual Purpose - NSX 1054, NSX 9947, NSX 9945 and CAS 17; Very early processing hybrids - NSX 230 and the following with N resistance - NSX 9255, NSX 9225, RTS 66 and RTS 76; Medium maturity processing hybrids - NSX 262, NSX 9953, NSX 9955 and the following with N resistance - RTS 07, NSX 100, NSX 106 and NSX 109; Indeterminate open field - NSX 1025, NSX 1005 and NSX 6320. In Watermelon NSX 61 and NSX 62; Melon Galia hybrid NSX 25.



Close look at the tomato field by Mr. Uday Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, Mr. Munther AL SHAWEREB, General Manager Marketing & Dr. N. Anand, Director Research.



Growers in discussion with Mr. Oguz GUNDUZ, Turkey Marketing Executive.



Seed distributors and growers in watermelon fields.



Seed distributor - Genagri Tohumculuk with our watermelon hybrids NS 92 as Bora F1 & NS 170 as Atlas F1



Our Galia melon hybrids are being subjected to taste test.



Trader in tomato field.

List of participants of the field day
Altin Seeds
Acun Seeds (Mr. Ozer ACUN)
Biotek Seeds (Mr. Yunus YUMUSAK, Mr. Ali OZEN, Mr. Sinan SUHERI)
Tat Company (Mr. Ender)
Assan GIDA (Processing Company – Their formen)
Martas GIDA (Processing Company – Their formen)
Mr. Mehmet Ali OZKAN (Ozkan Tarim – Karacabey Region Dealer)
Mr. Ismet ALPAT (Buraklar Tarim – Karacabey Region Dealer)
Mrs. Hulya ALTINDAG (Ece Tarim – Mustafa Kemal Pasa Region Dealer)

About 12 – 15 main farmers were also visited our fields during harvesting period in different time.

May 19, 2009
Seven new Bollgard-II Bt Cotton Hybrids Released


North Zone for states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
1. NAMCOT 616 BG II
2. NAMCOT 617 BG II
NAMCOT 402 BG I is commercialized in North Zone states.

Central Zone for the states of Maharashtra, Gujarath,Madhya Pradesh and Orissa.
1. NAMCOT 603 BG II
2 NAMCOT 605 BG II
3. NAMCOT 614 BG II
4. NAMCOT 615 BG II

South Zone for states of Andhra pradesh, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu.
1. NAMCOT 604 BG II
2 NAMCOT 605 BG II
3. NAMCOT 614 BG II
4. NAMCOT 615 BG II
Two hybrids NAMCOT 607 BG II and & NAMCOT 612 BG II are commercialized in South Zone states.

. March 23, 2009
R&D First Floor Facilities Opened On March 23, 2009

R&D block of Namdhari Seeds Pvt Ltd at Bidadi, Bangalore, India, was expanded further by adding first floor. This is to house state of art technology conference hall to accommodate 100 people. Chambers for two directors. More space to accommodate six breeders and a secretary.

Consequently, the ground floor will have more space for expansion of laboratories of Molecular Biology, Tissue Culture and Plant Pathology.

Expansion of R&D first floor facilities is declared open by cutting the ceremonial ribbon by Dr. V.S.S. Rao, Director Quality Control. Also seen Mr. Uday Singh - Chaiman & Managing Director, Mrs. Uday Singh, Mr. Buta Singh - Director Marketing, Dr. O.P. Dutta - Direcor R&D, Dr.N. Anand - Director Research & Mr. Nateshan, Team Leader.



Lighting the lamp to invoke the ALMIGHTY



Prayers being Offered



Greeting the Chaiman



The complete dias



A Happy Conference Hall



Dr. N. Anand, Director Research - adds that R&D is going strength to strength with new quality products and facilities...



Mr. Buta Singh, Direcotr Marketing - Shares Namdhari Seeds's growth Nostalgia...



Chairman - Mr. Uday Singh addressing the gathering.He emphasized that R&D, Production and Marketing teams have the capabilities to scale newer heights...