GreenBio News
Plant-produced insulin trials begin in UK Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Canadian biotech firm SemBioSys has begun UK-based phase I/II trials of its insulin which it produces from genetically-engineered safflower plants. |
Killing the seed? Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Amidst a widely split opinion, Greenpeace has urged Chief Minister Karunanidhi to ban genetically modified (GM) crops in the state as it claims that the crops will have wide ranging side effects that ... |
Australia's crop outlook boosted by rain Tuesday, January 6, 2009 SYDNEY, Australia - Rain across northern Australia plus the possibility of greater-than-normal rainfall in key cropping areas in 2009 has boosted prospects for bumper harvests this year. |
BASF Plant Science takes intellectual property licenses on disease resistance genes from KeyGeneg Tuesday, January 6, 2009 WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands - KeyGeneTM today announced a license agreement with BASF Plant Science, the plant biotech company of BASF. The respective intellectual property covers rights on genes that... |
NM chile yield down due to disease Tuesday, January 6, 2009 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Mother Nature really had it out for some of New Mexico's chile farmers this season. |
New tools aid arid-land water management Tuesday, January 6, 2009 New tools developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are improving water management in arid regions. |
Nepal Himalayas 'lush with plants of medicinal value' Tuesday, January 6, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal may have more plants of medicinal importance than previously estimated, according to new research. |
Transgenic cotton crops in Mexico benefit farmers Tuesday, January 6, 2009 "When I started, there was only one variety that was grown here. Transgenic cotton didn’t even exist at that time. We had some serious problems controlling pests," says Domíngue... |
Plenty of advancements in agricultural biotechnology worldwide in 2008 Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Despite heavy spring rains and flooding that delayed the growing season in the United States, USDA is estimating increased production of corn and soybeans this year. This is due in part to the contrib... |
First desi Bt-cotton variety ready Tuesday, January 6, 2009 NAGPUR, India - Finally, after about 12 years of research and field trials, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is ready with the country's first indigenously developed genetically modi... |
