Archived News

May 2006

Workshop on Next Green Revolution
31 May 2006 The Hindu
Farm experts, scientists and various stakeholders will discuss ways to harness biotechnology for ensuring food security at an international workshop on "Fostering next Green revolution-role of biotechnology in advancing Indian agriculture" to be held here on June 2.

GEAC Suggests Four BT Cotton Varieties for Central Region
31 May 2006 Financial Express
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has suggested four BT Cotton hybrids for commercial release and cultivation in the central region including Gujarat, which is known for its quality cotton.

Mobilizing Science and Technology for Development: The Case of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN)
31 May 2006 AgBioForum
Its innovations could be of particular benefit to Central Africa—a region that is highly vulnerable to starvation and malnutrition and relies mostly on cassava as the main staple food.

For I Was Hungry and You Fed Me: Ag-biotech and Hunger
31 May 2006 Action Institute
By increasing crop production efficiency and quality, ag-biotech has a great potential for relieving poor people and for fighting malnutrition.

Toward a Diet of Common Sense and Technology
30 May 2006 American Council on Science and Health
Anti-biotech groups need to be confronted by scientific reality: biotech foods are safe and may allow us to consume fewer calories from fat...while we await the elusive day when the average kid loves salad more than cupcakes.

Science Academies Support GM-Foods
30 May 2006 Die Welt via Checkbiotech.org
Scientist from Germany, China, South Africa, India, France, Egypt, Switzerland and the USA unanimously declared that transgenic food is at least as safe as other food. Genetically modified plants pose no danger to the environment and they don’t conflict with so-called bio-agriculture.

Biotechnology: Hope for Food Security
30 May 2006 Republic of Botswana
Makinde said the fact that food production was low throughout the continent, means that many children go to bed without food. He added that if farmers could access this technology problem, food production could be evaded and many people could be saved from pockets of starvation and other ailments related to lack of food.

Nod Likely for Field Trials of 3 GM Crops
30 May 2006 Financial Express
Genetically modified (GM) versions of three food crops, namely brinjal, mustard and potato, are awaiting permission for large-scale field trials before the final approval for commercial sale.

Europe's Biotech Industry 'Seriously Underfunded'
30 May 2006 Food Navigator
The European biotechnology industry is chronically under-funded and is in danger of floundering, according to a report published today.

Monsanto Increases 2006 Fiscal Year Earnings Per Share Guidance
30 May 2006 Monsanto
Monsanto Company announced today that it is increasing its fiscal year 2006 earnings per share (EPS) guidance. The company also outlined its EPS expectations for the third-quarter of the 2006 fiscal year.

Public Breeding Programs Roll Out Cotton Lines
30 May 2006 Delta Farm Press
For example, Monsanto’s Cotton States business unit allows many public cotton breeding programs to incorporate Monsanto’s transgenic traits.

Arctic "Noah's Ark" Vault to Protect World's Seeds
30 May 2006 Reuters
A frozen "Noah's Ark" to safeguard the world's crop seeds from cataclysms will be built on a remote Arctic island off Norway, the Norwegian government said on Tuesday.

Norman Calls for Gene Revolution in India
29 May 2006 Economic Times
The crop management systems and harvesting patterns of India need to undergo a major transformation to meet the daunting food needs in the years ahead, according to the man behind the Green Revolution, the 1970 Nobel laureate, Norman E Borlaug.

Malaria, Potato Famine Pathogen Share Surprising Trait
28 May 2006 Ohio State University
Two wildly different pathogens - one that infects vegetables, the other infecting humans - essentially use the same protein code to get their disease-causing proteins into the cells of their respective hosts.

PM Outlines 7 Components to Attain 2nd Green Revolution
27 May 2006 The Hindu
Outlining a seven point strategy for realising the second green revolution, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the benefits of research must reach farmers for improving yield and enhancing production.

Indian GEAC May Soon Clear Bt-Eggplant for Market
26 May 2006 Deccan Herald
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) is considering seed company Mahyco’s application for large scale field trial and seed production of a genetically engineered brinjal that can fight pests attacking brinjal plants throughout its life.

Increased GM Planting for France and Czech Republic
26 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
Two European countries, France and the Czech Republic, are expected to grow more genetically modified (GM) maize this year.

Innovations Council Discusses Green Genetic Technology in Germany
26 May 2006 Sueddeutsche Zeitung via Checkbiotech
In addition, ways in which Germany could promote research during the first six months of its EU presidency in 2007 should also be considered.

Chile Develops Drought-Tolerant Eucalyptus Varieties
26 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
Scientists successfully identified and propagated valuable genetic material with increased drought tolerance and improved yield through the selection and micro-propagation of genetic stocks of eucalyptus.

IFPRI Releases Briefs on Agriculture, Health
26 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
Linking agriculture and health could translate to “potential benefits,” since “opportunities exist for agriculture to contribute to better health, and for health to contribute to agricultural productivity.”

Kenya MPs to Table Biotech Fact Finding Report to Parliament
26 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
Kenyan MPs, who were accompanied in the traveling workshop by their counterparts from Malawi, were convinced that Kenyan and Malawian farmers could benefit immensely from the technology if its products were made available to them.

Japan and Malaysia to Collaborate on Biotechnology
26 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia, have agreed to work closely in the field of biotechnology, and identified biofuel as the key area where the two countries could collaborate.

Silencing Wheat and Barley Scab
26 May 2006 Agricultural Research Service, USDA
A new test to find scab-resistance genes in wheat and barley seed heads uses the plants’ natural viral defense mechanism to temporarily “silence” the gene to be tested. The test is an adaptation of a technique called Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS).

Wanted: Competent Leadership
26 May 2006 Grand Forks Herald
For example, the world's population is increasing, which means we must grow more food. Science can do that through genetic engineering...

Discovery May Speed Tree Breeding, Biotechnology
26 May 2006 Oregon State University
Researchers have discovered the genetic controls which cause trees to stop growing and go dormant in the fall, as well as the mechanism that causes them to begin flowering and produce seeds - a major step forward in understanding the basic genetics of tree growth.

India Allows Use of New Gene Cotton Hybrids
25 May 2006 Reuters UK
The new Bt cotton hybrids approved by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee are in addition to the varieties developed by Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Ltd, 26 percent owned by Monsanto Co., which are already under commercial cultivation in the country.

Super-Sized Cassava Plants May Help Fight Hunger in Africa
25 May 2006 Ohio State Research News
In a recent study, genetically modified cassava plants produced roots that were more than two-and-a-half times the size of normal cassava roots.

World Congress to Showcase Industrial Biotech for Ethanol, Chemicals, and Consumer Goods
24 May 2006 BIO
The latest advances in industrial biotechnology for renewable fuel and sustainable consumer products made from agricultural feedstocks will be on display at the third annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing.

GM the 'Answer to the Future'
24 May 2006 Weekly Times (AU)
US National Corn Growers Association president Gerald Tumbleson said the Australian grain crop yields could increase substantially with GM technology, prompting greater opportunities in downstream processing, such as ethanol plants.

Super Plants May Fight African Hunger
24 May 2006 United Press International (UPI)
Ohio scientists say they've produced genetically modified cassava plants with roots more than two-and-a-half times the size of normal cassava roots.

Corn Growers Looking to Protect Bt Technology
24 May 2006 FarmWeek
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) reported a 2005 survey found that 92 percent of U.S. Bt corn growers met or exceeded the minimum refuge size required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

European Technology Platform “Plants for the Future”
24 May 2006 SeedQuest
Academic and industrial scientists in Europe are invited to contribute to a survey of current and possible future trans-national collaborative research activities in Europe relevant to plant science.

Monsanto Executives To Address Upcoming Investor Conferences
24 May 2006 Monsanto
Monsanto Company's Hugh Grant, chairman, president and chief executive officer; Terry Crews, chief financial officer and executive vice president; and Carl Casale, executive vice president of North America, will address investors in separate conferences over the next two weeks.

Breakthrough in Insect Resistant Maize Variety
23 May 2006 Kenya Times
The Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) project is aimed at producing stem borer resistant and locally adapted maize for various Kenyan agro-ecological zones using conventional and biotechnology mediated methods especially Bt technology.

Sen. Clinton Pitches Ethanol Energy Plan
23 May 2006 AP via The Washington Post
Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called for cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil in half by nearly 8 million barrels a day by the year 2025 _ a goal she said can be met with more ethanol-based fuel and a $50 billion research fund.

European Ag Ministers Agree to Coexistence of Biotech, Non-Biotech and Organic Crop Production
22 May 2006 EuropaBio
The experience in Spain and from around the world shows that growing organic and conventional non-GM crops in the same agricultural region is possible when growers discuss their cropping plans with one another and reasonable separation measures are set in place.

Seminis Monsanto-Tie Fuels "Super Vegetables"
21 May 2006 Reuters
For consumers, the company also is also focused on new varieties of broccoli that have three times as many cancer-fighting compounds than regular broccoli, tomatoes with enhanced levels antioxidant levels, and other offerings the company calls "super vegetables" with enhanced flavor as well as nutrition.

Eating Transgenic Tobacco Prevents Cervical Cancer
19 May 2006 Checkbiotech.org
Italian researchers have now developed an immunologically active, cost-efficient vaccine against HPV.

Bollgard-II Cotton Hybrids Approved in India
19 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), India's biotech regulatory body, recently approved the commercial release of four varieties of Bollgard-II cotton hybrids belonging to three Indian seed companies for planting in the country's central cotton growing zone.

Changing Glucosinates for Tailor-Made, Disease-Resistant Crops
19 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
Arabidopsis with different glucosinolate contents can therefore be used as a valuable tool for the gathering of essential information on the engineering of disease resistance.

IICA Proposes Cooperation Program for Biofuels
19 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
A proposal to unite the forces of countries in biofuel production was made in the recently concluded First Inter-American Meeting on Bio-fuels.

Brazil to Boost Cane Crop Area 50% in 8 Years, Rodrigues Says
18 May 2006 Bloomberg
Brazil will increase its sugarcane crop area by half in eight years as flexible-fuel cars boost demand for ethanol made from the tropical plant, Agriculture Minister Roberto Rodrigues said.

Monsanto Focuses On Innovative Approaches To Address Challenges Facing Agriculture, Unlocking Yield Potential For Farmer
18 May 2006 Monsanto
In a presentation today, Monsanto Company's Executive Vice President Carl Casale will discuss how the company's focus on agriculture is expected to build on its established leadership position and lead to additional growth opportunities in the coming years.

Paper Tracks Cocoa Bean Boring, Relation to Insect Resistance
17 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
The cocoa pod borer (CPB) is an important pest of cocoa. It attacks the crop by boring into cocoa beans, causing them to clump and stop developing.

Plant Protection from Cold Decoded
17 May 2006 University of California, Riverside
In response to cold, plants trigger a cascade of genetic reactions that allow them to survive.

Science Honours for Local Whiz Kid
17 May 2006 London Free Press
Wang, with the help of his mentor, University of Western Ontario adjunct professor Shengwu Ma, used genetically modified tobacco plants to produce a protein to treat Type 1 diabetes.

Database of the Benefits and Safety of Biotechnology
17 May 2006 Information Systems for Biotechnology
CropLife International is making publicly available a database of published papers and reviews demonstrating the benefits and safety implications associated with the use of agricultural biotechnology products.

GM Pasture Worth $49M
17 May 2006 Weekly Times (AU)
A genetically modified perennial ryegrass could increase dairy pasture production by 25 per cent, according to Victoria's leading plant geneticist.

Hydrogen from Algae - Fuel of the Future?
16 May 2006 New Kerala
Amid rising oil prices and dwindling energy reserves, a genetically altered alga is now nourishing visions of an environment-friendly supply of energy.

EU Commissioner Dimas Says GM Crops Have Benefits
16 May 2006 European Commission
Biotechnology has the potential, through agronomically improved crops, to deliver better quality food and environmental benefits. Indeed, life sciences and biotechnology offer opportunities to address many of the global needs relating to health, ageing, food, and the environment and sustainable development.

Biotechnology Saves Herbs From Extinction
16 May 2006 Bernama
Unknowingly the primitive tribes used biotechnology 10,000 years ago, but it is only now that it is capitalised in the food manufacturing and agriculture sector.

As 'organic' Goes Mainstream, Will Standards Suffer?
16 May 2006 Christian Science Monitor
Advocates are cheered by the growing appeal of organic foods. But shoppers, confused by labels, don't always get what they think they paid for.

Strengthening the Scientific Co-Operation Between EFSA and the EU Member States in the Risk Assessment of GMOs
15 May 2006 European Food Safety Authority
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) convened today a meeting with scientific representatives from the 25 European Union (EU) Member States, Switzerland and Norway in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen scientific co-operation in the risk assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

GM Cassava Has 'Super Size' Roots
15 May 2006 SciDev.Net
Scientists who have genetically modified cassava plants to produce dramatically bigger roots say their research could help alleviate hunger in developing countries.

ICRISAT: Crop Research School Plans GM Seeds, Farm Diversification
15 May 2006 Business Standard
The plan envisages bringing about genetic improvement in crops to produce more and better food at lower cost, especially in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Gene Research May Open Way for New Foods
15 May 2006 ABC (AU)
New research by a student at Lismore, in northern NSW, could lead to the creation of a whole new range of foods.

Monsanto Focuses On Innovative Approaches To Address Challenges Facing Agriculture, Unlocking Yield Potential For Farmer
15 May 2006 Monsanto
In a presentation today, Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) Executive Vice President Carl Casale will discuss how the company's focus on agriculture is expected to build on its established leadership position and lead to additional growth opportunities in the coming years.

Monsanto Executive Vice President Set To Deliver Keynote Address At Investment Conference
15 May 2006 Monsanto
Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) Executive Vice President, Carl Casale, will address investors at 12 p.m. ET (11 a.m. CT) on Thursday, May 18, at Harris Nesbitt's first annual Agriculture and Protein Conference in New York.

Paradise Sold: What Are You Buying When You Buy Organic?
15 May 2006 The New Yorker
Genetically modified, industrially produced monocultural corn is what feeds the victims of an African famine, not the gorgeous organic technicolor Swiss chard from your local farmers' market. Food for a "small planet" will, for the foreseeable future, require a much smaller human population on the planet.

Plants Tell Caterpillars When It's Safe to Forage
15 May 2006 Public Library of Science
Many plants respond to foraging damage by releasing specialized chemical signals - volatile organic compounds that evaporate in the air - that attract the forager's natural enemies.

Modified Crops' Usage Grows
14 May 2006 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This year, U.S. farmers will plant approximately 120 million acres of transgenic crops – an area three times the size of Georgia. Worldwide, 8 million farmers will grow GM crops. And by harvest time, nearly one quarter of a billion acres of cultivated land in 21 countries will bear the fruits of genetic engineering.

We Must Embrace Cheaper Biofuels: Vaile
14 May 2006 The Age
Australians need to embrace biofuels if they are to help reduce the burden caused by the rising price of fuel, acting Prime Minister Mark Vaile says.

Democrats Push Ethanol Growth
12 May 2006 The Washington Times
House Democrats said yesterday that the answer to the fuel crisis is growing in the fields of rural America, and they introduced bills to expand production of ethanol.

Caution Urged Over Science Errors
11 May 2006 BBC
Mistakes in science research have distorted the public perception of such scientific issues as the MMR vaccine and GM crops, senior UK scientists say.

WTO Confirms Ruling Against EU GMO Moratorium
11 May 2006 Reuters
The World Trade Organization (WTO) confirmed in a final ruling that the European Union broke trade rules with its six-year moratorium on approving genetically-modified (GMO) foods, diplomats said on Thursday.

Senators Push Sugar as Source of Ethanol
11 May 2006 The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Congress and U.S. sugar producers, eyeing Brazil's success in making sugar cane ethanol its main source of auto fuel, are looking hard at the possibility of ramping up production here.

Scientists Need to Consider the Public Interest for Research Results
11 May 2006 Royal Society
Scientists should consider the public interest when deciding whether, when and how to communicate their research results, according to a report published today (11 May 2006) by the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science.

CSIRO Supports Global Health Challenge Project
10 May 2006 CSIRO
In an effort to improve health outcomes in Africa, a major international project will be using CSIRO’s hairpinRNAi technology to address problems with one of the staples of the African diet – cassava.

Governor Stresses Agri Scientists to Use Modern Techniques
10 May 2006 Pakistan News Service
Governor Punjab, Lt. Gen. (retd), Khalid Maqbool has underscored the need that agricultural scientist must find more ways, using techniques of biotechnology to develop inexpensive inputs and minimizing yield fluctuation caused by weather aberrations and pest epidemics.

Tragedy of Delaying the Golden Rice
09 May 2006 AgBioWorld
While thousands of children are going blind or dying because of the vitamin A deficiency, golden rice offers a simple, inexpensive but elegant solution to this problem.

Mandatory Ethanol Blending from Oct Likely
09 May 2006 Financial Express
In view of spiraling crude prices, the Centre plans to make blending of 5% ethanol with petrol mandatory by oil companies from October 2006 and, depending upon its success, expects to increase it to 10% from October 2007.

Purdue University Research May Result in Plants with Increased Health Benefits
09 May 2006 Purdue University
Research involving a protein called BRICK1 is paving the way to a better understanding of cellular growth and development mechanisms that may result in designer plants with increased health benefits, according to Purdue University researchers.

Monsanto to Monitor for Corn Rootworm Variants
09 May 2006 Seed Today
This summer, Monsanto and YieldGard® Plus Corn will conduct a sticky trap monitoring program to help growers in 11 Midwestern states monitor and better manage this costly pest.

Biotechnology Breakthroughs Can Help Drivers Reduce Fuel Costs
09 May 2006 BIO
Biotech enzymes can make ethanol cost-competitive with gasoline.

Citrus Industry Hoping Genetic Research Bears Fruit in Canker Fight
08 May 2006 Palm Beach Post
Long-term genetic work is the most promising solution to the menace, researchers say.

New National Genome Laboratory for Biodiversity Slated in Mexico
08 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
The National Laboratory for Genomics for Biodiversity (LANGEBIO) will be built on the premises of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Canadian Scientists Join War Against Landmines
08 May 2006 Ottawa Sun
Researchers working for the Canadian and U.S. militaries, including some in Edmonton, are making progress in developing genetically modified plants that could help people avoid death and injury from landmines.

Iowa State University Plant Scientists Begin to Unravel the Mystery of Hybrid Vigor
08 May 2006 Iowa State University
Researchers have uncovered a key to understanding the complex molecular mechanisms of hybrid vigor, also known as heterosis, which affects most aspects of plant growth and development.

E-85 and Global Warming
08 May 2006 St. Louis Post Dispatch
With a serious national commitment to the development of biomass-to-ethanol technology, we could be filling up our tanks with farm-grown fuels, rather than with fossil fuels. It would be to the world's great benefit.

Biotechnology Contributes to Significant Decrease in Plowing
08 May 2006 Monsanto
Since the introduction of biotech crops in 1996, farmers have reduced – and, in some cases, completely stopped – plowing or tilling the soil to eliminate weeds and prepare fields for planting.

Buzz, Backers, Bucks for Ethanol: Major Investors and Farmers Alike Hope This Time is the Charm
07 May 2006 Chicago Tribune
Genetically modified organisms that can unlock the valuable sugars in everything from prairie grass and poplar trees to manure and wood chips promise to make ethanol production much more feasible, raising hopes that it could, indeed, help wean the U.S. from its troublesome dependence on Mideast oil.

Up from the Dead - GMOs
06 May 2006 The Economist via AgBioWorld
Are GMOs really destined for the rubbish heap of history? Not at all. In fact, there is even reason to think they are at last ready for prime time.

My Friend Norman Borlaug, One of the Greatest Men Alive
06 May 2006 AgBioWorld
Norman Borlaug has saved hundreds of millions of lives from starvation and is regarded as one of the 100 most influential persons of the 20th century.

Beware the Big Green Political Monster
06 May 2006 The Sydney Morning Herald
Look at the campaign against genetically modified crops and the whole 'Frankenstein food' … these are scare words that are attached to what is actually one of the most important advances to genetic science in history.

Genetically Altered Cotton Crop on Rise
06 May 2006 Arizona Republic
Arizona cotton growers who are now sowing seeds for their 2006 crops are increasingly raising plants that have been genetically engineered to combat a fierce pest known as the pink bollworm.

GM Maize Planting Surges
05 May 2006 Bloomberg via Business Report
South Africa's planting of genetically modified (GM) maize surged this year, Farmers' Weekly said, citing FoodNCropBio, a consultant.

The Environment's Best Friend: GM or Organic?
05 May 2006 NY Academy of Science
This categorical rejection of all GM technologies is based on a religious faith in the beneficence of nature and her processes under all circumstances, even when science and rationality indicate otherwise.

New National Genome Laboratory for Biodiversity Slated in Mexico
05 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
LANGEBIO will be devoted to the partial or complete sequencing of the genome of plant, animal, and microbial species of interest, to facilitate the development of new crop varieties, medical products, and industrial applications.

Australia Government to Fund Biotech Studies
05 May 2006 Crop Biotech Net
Peter McGauran, Australia's Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, announced recently that the country's government will provide over $850,000 for eight major biotechnology studies...

Canada Tops the World in Biotech Crop Research
05 May 2006 Council for Biotechnology Information
In the global game of high-tech agriculture, where 18 countries have already adopted biotech crops and another 45 are testing them, Canada is clearly a gold medal winner.

100 Countries Have Ratified the International Plant Genetic Resources Treaty
05 May 2006 FAO
The main objectives of the international treaty are the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, for sustainable agriculture and food security.

Agribusiness: Roundup Ready Flex Cotton Field Trials Document Greater Efficiency for Farmers
05 May 2006 Delta Farm Press
Research findings from an extensive grower trial with Roundup Ready Flex cotton in 2005 show that Monsanto’s newest technology can save cotton growers considerable time and increase their efficiency, in addition to providing improved weed control flexibility.

Cracking the Peanut Problem: Research Helping to Blunt the Power of Allergens
04 May 2006 The Toronto Star
The transgenic peanut, which the team grows in the lab's greenhouse, won't be on the market until it's thoroughly tested, a process likely to take about five years.

Switchgrass Might Be Good Ethanol Source
04 May 2006 United Press International
Carnegie Mellon University researchers say the use of switchgrass could help break U.S. dependence on fossil fuels and curb high transportation costs.

Unique Soybean Lines Hold Promise for Producing Allergy-Free Soybeans
04 May 2006 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Researchers have isolated two Chinese soybean lines that grow without the primary protein linked to soy allergies in children and adults.

Researchers Find Protein That Silences Genes
04 May 2006 Washington University St. Louis
A team of researchers, including biologists at Washington University in St. Louis, has discovered the key role one protein plays in a major turn-off — in this case, the turning off of thousands of nearly identical genes in a hybrid plant.

MSU Scientists Producing Cotton's Next Generation
04 May 2006 Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University is using genetically modified plants in its cotton breeding program to create better cotton varieties for producers.

Scientists Discover That Ancient Genes Dictate Flowering, Fall Bud Set
04 May 2006 Virginia Tech
Now, scientists at universities in Sweden and the United States have discovered genes that are responsible for initiation of flowering.

Progress In Plant Breeding And Biotech Programs, Coupled With Continued Financial Discipline, Underscore Monsanto's Success
03 May 2006 Monsanto
The company is poised for market share gains in the U.S. corn seed market for a fifth consecutive year, which is largely a result of continuous improvements being made in its corn breeding program.

Gene Technology Will Ease Path to Better Resistance
02 May 2006 Farmers Weekly
New molecular techniques should make it easier for plant breeders to successfully design wheat and barley varieties with durable disease resistance in the future, according to seed specialist Nickerson.

Experts in Agriculture and Health Convene Workshop to Discuss New Technology to Fight Malnutrition and Improve Health in Africa
02 May 2006 International Food Policy Research Institute
Scientists, policymakers, and other leaders in African agriculture and health will convene in Mombasa on May 4 and 5 for a regional workshop on biofortification--a revolutionary process that holds great potential to enhance the health of poor people.

Ethanol's Promise
01 May 2006 The New York Times
One leading environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, predicts that ethanol, combined with other strategies, could replace all of the gasoline Americans would otherwise use by mid-century.

Biotech Cotton Provides Same Yield with Fewer Pesticides
01 May 2006 University of Arizona
Arizona farmers receive the same yield/acre, use fewer chemical insecticides and maintain insect biodiversity when they plant the biotech cotton known as Bt cotton, according to new research.

Monsanto Claims Bt Cotton Beneficial
01 May 2006 Financial Express
Mahyco Monsanto Biotech India Ltd has come out with survey results, which show that cultivation of Monsanto’s Bollgard Bt cotton has helped farmers increase revenue by 118%, yield by 64% and reduce expenditure on pesticide by 25% during 2005.

Going Biotech on the Farm: Second of Two Parts
01 May 2006 Voice of America
With traditional crops, he says, farmers spend less money at planting time and more on pest control later...Both farmers say one of their biggest goals is to reduce the amount of chemicals they put into the environment.

Poor Countries Advised To Adopt Biotech Despite EU Restrictions
01 May 2006 The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
Agricultural biotechnology has the potential to offer higher incomes for farmers in developing countries and lower-priced and better-quality food, feed and fiber despite import restrictions in the European Union and elsewhere, according to a paper published in the International Journal of Technology and Globalization, reports Food Chemical News.