Friday, October 10, 2008
UC DAVIS, Calif. - A new tool for investigating the rice genome has been developed by researchers at UC Davis led by Pamela Ronald, professor of plant pathology.
Friday, October 10, 2008
NEW ZEALAND - The country's largest science company is entering the business of human health and medicine.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Researchers in India have begun field testing on eggplants genetically improved to resist devastating attacks by the fruit and shoot borer.
Friday, October 10, 2008
AMMAN, Jordan - Traditional agricultural methods are no longer useful for Jordan and other countries of the region, and new technologies and policies are needed to feed their increasing populations, according to an international report discussed in Amman on Wednesday.
Friday, October 10, 2008
ZURICH, Switzerland - For years, Swiss scientists have blithely created genetically modified rice, corn and apples
Friday, October 10, 2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A new poll shows that most Europeans say food from cloned animals should be kept off their dinner plate.
Friday, October 10, 2008
HILO, Hawai'i - The Hawai'i County Council has voted unanimously to ban the genetic modification of taro and coffee.
Friday, October 10, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Miss. - Hard times are hard to find at agricultural seed and fertilizer giant Monsanto Co and investors rushed on Thursday to jump on board what analysts see as a source of stability amid Wall Street chaos.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Farmers occupy large Brazilian-owned farms to block the entry of genetically-modified soy.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. scientists say they've used modern imaging techniques to detail the structure of plant viruses in a study that may lead to better crop protection.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
NEW ZEALAND - New regulations for the conditional release of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) will provide greater assurance for industry and the public in regard to traceability and segregation, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Miss. - Monsanto Co said on Wednesday it saw credit continuing to flow to U.S. farmers as a new planting season for key crops approaches.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
BEIJING, China - Origin Agritech Limited yesterday announced that it has doubled market penetration efforts for the upcoming FY2009 selling season to include 1,000 demonstration lots up from 500 lots in FY2008 due to increased demand for our high-quality seed products.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Investigators at the Wyss Institute will strive to uncover the engineering principles that govern living things, and use this knowledge to develop technology solutions for the most pressing healthcare and environmental issues facing humanity.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
At a recent roundtable Conference on the introduction of Genetically Modified Crops in Nigeria, Nigeria's Minister of Science and Technology Chief (Mrs.) Grace Ekpiwhre almost shouted blue murder about the looming food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Miss. - Giant agricultural technology company Monsanto Co posted on Wednesday a smaller fourth-quarter loss on record revenues, as herbicide and seed sales climbed.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
AUSTRALIA - Three WA farm lobby groups and a leading independent agronomist have called on new WA Agriculture Minister Terry Redman to ignore the temptation of running “unnecessary” field trials of genetically modified (GM) canola and not delay lifting WA’s moratorium on its commercial production for next season.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Genetically modified crops that are drought resistant will be grown by farmers within four to five years, according to scientists developing the technology.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
VALENCIA, Spain - Nunhems, the vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience, brought together experts from different parts of the watermelon supply chain at its First International Watermelon Conference on October 2 in Valencia, Spain.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Australian wine researchers have become the first in the world to map the genetic code for wine yeast.