Archived News

September 2006

TNAU Plans Field Trial of Transgenic Version of Bt Brinjal
30 September 2006 Financial Express
TNAU has plans to develop tobacco streak virus resistant groundnut, late blight resistant potato and drought and salinity tolerant rice.

Monsanto Chief Technology Officer To Address Investment Conference
29 September 2006 Monsanto
Monsanto Company's Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Robb Fraley, is scheduled to address investors at 1:35 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, Oct. 3, as part of the Citigroup "Ethanol on the Cob" Biofuels Conference in New York.

Monsanto to Expand in Harrisburg Industrial Park
29 September 2006 Argus Leader
Monsanto Co. signed a deal this week to build a soybean research center next to its newly opened corn facility in the Harrisburg Industrial Park.

EU Told to Speed up GM Approvals
29 September 2006 BBC
The US has urged the European Union to speed up its process for approving new genetically modified (GM) products.

EPA Extends Registration For Monsanto's Second-Generation Insect-Protected Cotton Technology
29 September 2006 Monsanto
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted an unconditional registration of the Bollgard II insect-protected cotton technology developed by Monsanto Company.

Farmers Debate Biotechnology Use in Ag Industry
29 September 2006 The Prairie Star
Biotechnology increases production efficiency since more food and fiber will come from the same land area, increases food safety because of less insect and disease damage, and lowers environmental pressures because of less chemical use and more efficient use of water.

SA’s Biotech Industry Expanding Rapidly
28 September 2006 Business Day
The industry has been expanding quickly and has received a boost from the “frenzy” to develop biofuels, the need to address the threat of infectious diseases and to meet demand for health and wellness products.

Boeing Says Biofuels Show Some Promise
28 September 2006 Reuters
Sugarcane and switchgrass are unlikely to fuel the next plane you ride, but a Boeing executive says development of biofuels is gaining momentum as airlines and armed forces seek alternatives to expensive jet fuel.

Scientists Form Group to Support Science-Friendly Candidates
28 September 2006 The New York Times
Several prominent scientists said yesterday that they had formed an organization dedicated to electing politicians “who respect evidence and understand the importance of using scientific and engineering advice in making public policy.”

GM Crops Saving Farm Economy from Drought
27 September 2006 The Heartland Institute
An August 11 federal government crop report shows biotechnology is saving the Midwestern farm economy from devastation in the wake of this summer's prolonged drought.

Gene Crops Bloom in South Africa, Says Monsanto
27 September 2006 Reuters
The area under genetically modified crops in South Africa rose over the past season to 609,000 hectares from 515,000 the previous year, U.S. biotech giant Monsanto said on Wednesday.

Golden Rice in 3 Yrs: MK Anwar
27 September 2006 The Daily Star
Agriculture Minister MK Anwar yesterday said the Golden Rice, a genetically modified crop enriched by Vitamin-A, is expected to be released in the country within the next two or three years.

Qld Urged to Take Advantage of New GM Technologies
27 September 2006 ABC (AU)
One of Australia's leading experts in genetically modified (GM) crops says Queensland is in an unique position to take advantage of new technologies.

Insect-Resistant Cotton Also Water Efficient
27 September 2006 CSIRO
Preliminary results from CSIRO research in Narrabri have shown that genetically modified insect-resistant cotton may also be more water efficient.

Knowing Poplar's DNA is Expected to Yield Biofuel Advances and More
27 September 2006 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, Calif., has succeeded in sequencing the genome -- the hereditary information encoded in an organism's DNA -- with help from a West Virginia University biologist.

UN Efforts to Promote New ‘Green’ Fuels Move Ahead
26 September 2006 United Nations
United Nations efforts to promote bio-energy sources such as sugar cane or sunflower seeds to replace fossil fuels like petroleum, thus reducing poverty while producing clean, low-cost power, gained new momentum today with the inauguration of the Secretariat of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP).

Beta-Carotene-Rich Maize Boosts Vitamin A in Rodents
26 September 2006 Food Production Daily
Maize, bred to contain high concentrations of the pro-vitamin A carotenoid, beta-carotene, did increase the vitamin A status in gerbils, and could be used to tackle vitamin A deficiency, says a new study.

Scientists Engineer Root-Knot Nematode Resistance
26 September 2006 University of Georgia
Root-knot nematodes attack nearly every crop grown. UGA experts found a way to stop them.

Dutch Study Imported Biofuel Production
26 September 2006 United Press International (UPI)
Dutch researchers say they've determined liquid fuels can be produced economically from biomass, even if all the raw materials must be imported.

Genetically Modified Food Need of the Hour
26 September 2006 Times of India
For feeding millions of Indians we need to go for genetically modified (GM) foods.

Banana Lovers Rejoice - Israeli Company Develops Bug-Resistant Bananas
25 September 2006 Israel 21c
Now in a new breakthrough development with far-reaching implications, Khayat and his team have successfully completed a field trial that validates its latest accomplishment - the complete resistance of banana plants to a wide range of pathogenic nematodes - tiny microscopic worms that damage plants from their root.

Grass and Sunflowers Could Help Power Cars
25 September 2006 The Telegraph
Cars could be powered from fuel made at least in part out of grass, sunflowers or wheat as the West looks to find an alternative to imported oil.

UK-French Co-operation Targets Crop Improvements
25 September 2006 Food Navigator
Three projects drawing on the expertise of researchers in both the UK and France could translate into practical improvements in crop and agronomic science.

Farmers Increase Planting of Biotechnology in India
25 September 2006 Monsanto
Increased yields and income from Bt Cotton enables farm family to improve quality of life.

Most Widely Used Organic Pesticide Requires Help to Kill
25 September 2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison
The world's most widely used organic insecticide, a plucky bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt for short, requires the assistance of other microbes to perform its insect-slaying work, a new study has found.

Biofuels 'Answer' to Trade Talks
25 September 2006 BBC
Speaking at a World Trade Organization forum, Mr Turner said huge demand for plant-based fuels could help farmers and reduce their need for state aid.

Spain Approved Eleven New Biotech Varieties
22 September 2006 Crop Biotech Net
Eleven new transgenic maize varieties, all containing the MON 810 event, have been approved in Spain this month, bringing to 45 the total number of biotech varieties that can be planted commercially in the country.

IRD Works on RYMV Resistance in Rice
22 September 2006 Crop Biotech Net
France’s Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) is currently working on rice varieties engineered to be resistant to Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RYMV).

Bt Cotton: Brazilian Farmers to Use 25% Less Insecticides
22 September 2006 Crop Biotech Net
"Today, cotton production in Brazil requires about 20 applications of insecticides to control insect pests," says Wilhelmus Uitdewilligen, from the Association of Cotton Producers of Mato Grosso, Brazil. "With transgenic cotton, we estimate a reduction of 25%."

Biofuels Promise Draws Interest
21 September 2006 Business World via Checkbiotech.org
Japanese and American investors are eyeing the country's sugar-producing areas for fuel-ethanol production amid growing global interest in alternative fuel sources.

Ten Years Later: ISAAA Reviews Biotechnology and Its Future
21 September 2006 Nutra Ingredients
The next decade is set to see a global doubling in biotech crop availability, as countries become increasingly less skeptical of the technology after witnessing its benefits over the past ten years, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).

Media Urged to Help Spread Information on Farm Technology
21 September 2006 The Hindu
...More research and development was required in the field of agricultural biotechnology. With the knowledge base it had, Bangalore was sure to become the international destination for biotechnology.

Branson Pledges Billions to Fight Global Warming
21 September 2006 The New York Times
Sir Richard Branson, the British magnate and adventurer, said today that all of his profits from his five airlines and train company, projected to be $3 billion through the next 10 years, would be invested in developing energy sources that do not contribute to global warming.

US House Panel Embraces "25 by '25" Energy Goal
21 September 2006 Reuters via The New York Times
Congress could set a goal of deriving 25 percent of all U.S. energy from renewable sources -- biofuels and hydro, wind and solar power -- by 2025 under a resolution approved by the House of Representatives' Agriculture Committee on Thursday.

Royal Society Tells Exxon: Stop Funding Climate Change Denial
20 September 2006 The Guardian
Britain's leading scientists have challenged the US oil company ExxonMobil to stop funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change.

‘Time to Set Record Straight’ on Cotton’s Sustainability
20 September 2006 Delta Farm Press
Rather than a narrow focus on niche markets of organic cotton, retail and brands need to recognize that cotton is a natural, sustainable, and renewable resource, and encourage its use over synthetic chemical fibers. The alternative to conventional cotton won’t be organic — it will be synthetics.

Gov. Rounds announces creation of Drought Tolerance Biotechnology Research Center at SDSU
20 September 2006 South Dakota State University
A primary focus of the center will be to identify genes associated with drought, temperature, disease resistance and crop quality. All of these traits are important for South Dakota’s growing biofuel and feedstock industries.

Organic Doesn't Always Mean Low-Calorie
20 September 2006 Yale Daily News
Amid all the hype, our educational eating experience has missed a key distinction. Organic food, sustainable food and healthy food are not always one in the same. While an organic and sustainable diet can work at elite institutions such as Yale, it is far from a panacea for our ever-growing obesity pandemic.

American Farm Heritage Museum Expansion Project Receives Boost From Monsanto
20 September 2006 Monsanto
The American Farm Heritage Museum, established to preserve and celebrate the history and cultural heritage of agriculture in America’s heartland, has received a $50,000 grant from Monsanto to help support an expansion project to house a variety of agricultural exhibits.

Honda Reports Breakthrough In Ethanol Production
19 September 2006 Industry Week
Honda R&D Co., Honda's research arm, in conjunction with Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) announced last week they have discovered a ethanol production technology from soft-biomass, which is a renewable source of plant-derived material.

Sugar Barons Eye Ethanol Production
19 September 2006 Financial Express
With crude oil prices touching a historic high and the global prospects for the use of biofuel increasing, the Indian sugar industry is diversifying into the co-production and sale of ethanol.

Global Festivities to Celebrate World Food Day
19 September 2006 FAO
Among the events taking place in over 150 countries to mark this year’s World Food Day on 16 October 2006, will be a five kilometre Run-for-Food race through Rome’s historical centre.

Thailand Sees GM as Key to Rising Threat from Chinese Agriculture
19 September 2006 AP Food Technology
Thailand is likely to start developing genetically modified crops in order to maintain its competitive edge in the global food export business, said an official from a government science body last week.

Farmers' Hopes Sprout as Brazil Bets on Biodiesel
19 September 2006 Los Angeles Times
The country mandates use of the renewable fuel, with an eye toward helping small growers.

Chevron Funds California Bioenergy Effort
19 September 2006 Pacific Business News
Chevron Corp. will fund up to $25 million in research over the next five years at the University of California-Davis to develop renewable fuels from plant waste.

GM Bacteria Churn Out 'Microdiesel' Fuel
19 September 2006 New Scientist Tech
Genetically modified bacteria can produce a biodiesel from plant materials, researchers have shown. The GM bugs could help cut carbon dioxide emissions while also reducing the need to grow crops to make greener fuels, they say.

Discovery of the First Resistance Gene to Rice Yellow Mottle Virus
19 September 2006 Innovations Report
This research can find applications in ways of improving rice production in countries hit by RYMV.

Grains Summit Examines New Science and Technology
18 September 2006 Food Navigator
The first ever World Grains Summit opened its doors in San Francisco yesterday, attracting visitors from throughout the food and beverage industries for four days of exploration of the latest developments in grain-based science and technology.

Instead of Water Wars, Let's Go for Less-Thirsty Plants
17 September 2006 The San Francisco Chronicle
Irrigation for agriculture accounts for roughly 70 percent of the world's fresh water consumption -- even more in areas of intensive farming and arid or semi-arid conditions -- so the introduction of plants that grow with less water would allow much of that essential resource to be freed up for other uses.

New Study Shows Nutrition Has Greater Impact that Biotech Content on Soil Organisms
15 September 2006 Farm Futures
Iowa State University researchers find that soil-decomposing bugs are not impacted by the presence of Bt.

VISTIVE Soybeans Expanding in 2007 to Meet Growing Consumer Demand for Healthier Diets
14 September 2006 Monsanto
In response to demand for healthier foods without trans fats, VISTIVE(TM) low-linolenic soybeans will be more broadly available in 2007, through additional seed brands and more processing facilities.

A Seedbed of Revolution: Africa Needs Markets, as well as Technology, for a Green Revolution to Take Root
14 September 2006 The Economist
Africa needs markets, as well as technology, for a green revolution to take root.

New Biofuels Plant Given Green Light
14 September 2006 Gazette Live
A £47m oil seed rape processing plant at Seal Sands has been given the go-ahead.

Researchers Unlock Genetic Code of Tree
14 September 2006 AP via The New York Times
Researchers have deciphered for the first time the genetic code of a tree, which could lead to new varieties better at producing wood, paper and fuel.

GM Banana Plants Resist Disease
13 September 2006 FreshInfo
Now, Israel's Rahan Meristem has developed banana plants resistant to nematodes - a development set to save banana growers globally millions of dollars in lost crops.

Why Spurning Food Biotech Has Become a Liability
13 September 2006 Nature via AgBioWorld
By rejecting gene-spliced ingredients in their products, some major food companies may be making foods that are less safe and wholesome for consumers--and that expose them to litigation.'

Food for Thought
13 September 2006 The Santa Fe New Mexican
In a public lecture series this week sponsored by the Santa Fe Institute, Fedoroff will argue that genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are equal in nutritional value and flavor, but safer, than their organic counterparts.

Monsanto Sponsors ‘Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics’ Exhibition
13 September 2006 Monsanto
To recognize Mendel’s contributions to science, The Field Museum in Chicago has developed an exhibition called “Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics.” The exhibition, sponsored by Monsanto, will be on public display at the museum from Sept. 15 through April 1.

Monsanto Executives To Address Investor Conferences In September
13 September 2006 Monsanto
Monsanto Company's Terry Crews, executive vice president and chief financial officer; and Carl Casale, executive vice president, will address investors in separate investor conferences later this month.

Monsanto Launches VISTIVE'TM' Soybeans for Ontario Growers and Consumers
12 September 2006 Monsanto Canada
Healthier foods for consumers and healthier incomes for growers are predicted with the announcement today by Monsanto Canada that Ontario growers will begin planting VISTIVETM low-linolenic soybeans in 2007.

Biofuels Come of Age as the Demand Rises
12 September 2006 The New York Times
Nationwide production of the fuel tripled last year over 2004 to 75 million gallons. The board estimates that production will double this year, but Mr. Jobe estimates that the number could reach as much as, if not more, than 250 million gallons by year’s end.

FAO Director-General Appeals for Second Green Revolution
12 September 2006 FAO
We not only need to grow an extra one billion metric tons of cereals a year by 2050 -- within the lifetimes of our children and grandchildren -- but do so from a diminishing resource base of land and water in many of the world's regions, and in an environment increasingly threatened by global warming and climate change.

GM Vines Go into Stellenbosch Soil
11 September 2006 Grape News
The first plantings of genetically modified grapevines into the South African vineyard has been announced.

Brazil Ethanol Exports Expected to More Than Double
11 September 2006 AP via The San Diego Union-Tribune
Brazil is aggressively expanding its sugarcane plantations and expects to more than double its annual exports of alcohol fuel, or ethanol, by 2010, Mines and Energy Minister Silas Rondeau said Monday.

Vaile Pressures Retailers on Ethanol
11 September 2006 The Australian
The government has stepped up pressure on Australia's supermarket duopoly to market ethanol blended petrol as it prepares to hand out new subsidies to increase the uptake of the fuel.

Shaking Out The Family Tree: Rice Domestiction Confirmed Genetically
11 September 2006 Washington University In St. Louis
By finding the geographic origins of rice, researchers can consider ways to improve the crop's nutritional value and disease resistance, which in turn can help impoverished populations in Asia and elsewhere that rely heavily on the crop.

Bioscience Industry Growing in Kansas
09 September 2006 Wichita Eagle
Booming ethanol production is the most visible segment of Kansas's growing bioscience industry, but other facets are poised for rapid expansion in the coming year, attendees learned at the "State of the State of Bioscience" forum.

Monsanto Simplifies Planting for Poor
09 September 2006 St. Louis Post Dispatch
The agribusiness giant, which makes more than $7 billion a year in sales mainly to large landholders in the developed world, is helping small-scale South African farmers with innovative packaging of its core products, the study said.

Bowl of GM Rice Could Be Answer to Hay Fever Sufferers' Sneezes
08 September 2006 The Yomiuri Shimbun
By eating the rice, people will be less susceptible to the cedar pollen that causes hay fever and their body's allergic reaction should be reduced.

Redesigning Crops to Harvest Fuel
08 September 2006 The New York Times
In an era of $3-a-gallon gasoline and growing concern about global warming from fossil fuels, seed and biotechnology companies see a big new opportunity in developing corn and other crops tailored for use in ethanol and other biofuels.

Plants Give Up Answers in the War on Bacteria
08 September 2006 Michigan State University
Back-to-back scientific papers are offering a revolutionary look at the battlefield on which plant diseases are fought – and often lost – to bacteria.

Biotech Prominent in California's Ag Research
08 September 2006 Capital Press
Biotechnology in the food crops is firmly entrenched in California and in the research machinery that will develop further tools to make the industry profitable and vital and its products useful and acceptable.

Cotton acreage in Indian M’rashtra State Upgraded to 3 m Hectare
07 September 2006 The Financial Express via Checkbiotech.org
Cotton acreage in Maharashtra for 2006-07 (October-September) has been revised upward by 20% to 3.07 million hectares, with around 1.8 million hectares under Bt variety.

Dry Weather in Southern US - Not Bt Crops - Threaten Monarch Butterflys
07 September 2006 Seed Today
This year’s population is probably the biggest Monarch watchers have seen in 10 years, but extreme temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma pose dangers.

Soya Poised for Argentine Energy Breakthrough
07 September 2006 Financial Times
The production of soya, which has dramatically changed the face and fortunes of Argentine agriculture, is now poised to launch a promising new energy industry.

French Fried Reactionary Still Hurting Poor People
07 September 2006 The Center for Consumer Freedom
As Bove's detractors (otherwise known as "scientists") point out, genetically modified foods -- which grow faster and are more disease-resistant than their "natural" counterparts -- have saved millions of people from starving to death.

America’s Heartland Second Season Hitting The Airwaves
07 September 2006 Monsanto
America’s Heartland, the public television series that celebrates the miracle of American agriculture, is back for a second season, and the show’s producers plan to make the show better than ever.

Swiss Develop Enriched Rice
07 September 2006 SEAMEO SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center
Children can bid goodbye to anaemia. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich has developed a fortified iron-enriched rice that not only improves iron deficiency but also significantly reduces the level of lead in the blood.

The Think Tank: Let’s Pin Down the Meaning of Organic
06 September 2006 The Herald (Glasgow)
As National Organic Food Fortnight gets under way, could the organisers try to pin down what it is they're actually in favour of before imploring us all to support it?

U.K., Brazil Team Up on Ethanol
06 September 2006 United Press International (UPI)
Britain and Brazil and teaming up to promote increased sugar production in southern Africa to meet increasing global demand for sugar-based ethanol fuel, Brazil and British officials said this week.

A Glimpse at Monsanto's Future Crops Technology
05 September 2006 Agriculture Online
Fortunately, it was worth the stop I made when Robb Fraley, chief technology officer for Monsanto, showed what was behind those walls. He hosted a walking tour that featured 25 plots highlighting the technology Monsanto will offer to farmers in the next few years.

Monsanto gives $15 million to Danforth Plant Science Center
05 September 2006 St. Louis Post Dispatch
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced it received a $15 million gift from Monsanto Co., one intended to boost the non-profit center’s mission of bringing biotechnology to the developing world.

RP Can Achieve Corn Sufficiency with Expansion of Hybrid, Bt Corn Areas
05 September 2006 Manila Bulletin
The Philippines can achieve sufficiency in corn in one or two years if high-yielding hybrid corn including the genetically modified (GM) Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn can be intensively expanded on just an additional 200,000 hectares.

Brazilian Scientist Speaks Out on GMO Crops and Foods
05 September 2006 Monsanto
Luciana Di Ciero expresses confidence in biotech testing and food safety.

Monsanto Fund Makes $15 Million Gift to Danforth Center; Gift Will Support 'Campaign for a Green Future,' Aid in African Food Security
05 September 2006 The Monsanto Fund
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced a $15 million gift from the Monsanto Fund to support the Center's vision and mission: $7.5 million of the gift will support the Center's "Campaign for a Green Future" while $7.5 million will go directly to efforts to develop high-yield crops for Africa.

‘Low-Sat' Soybean Oil Finds Champion in Portland
05 September 2006 Ionia Sentinel-Standard
Vistive is genetically modified to produce low-linolenic oil “which allows food processors to reduce the need for hydrogenation,” according to a Monsanto informational packet.

After Insects Attack, Plants Bunker Sugars for later Regrowth
05 September 2006 Max-Planck Institute
One gene activates a rapid SOS (save our sugars) response in young green leaves after attack by insect larvae.

The Man Who Fed the World
05 September 2006 Opinion Journal - Wall Street Journal
He believes that biotechnology will be crucial to boosting world food supplies in the coming decades and decries the underfunding of the world's network of nonprofit agricultural research centers.

Leeds-China Collaboration Sees First Virtual Joint Laboratory
04 September 2006 University of Leeds
A new research partnership between Leeds and Beijing is to help meet the challenge of feeding China’s fast-growing population.

Antibodies in the Greenhouse
04 September 2006 Royal Society of Chemistry
Producing antibodies in plants could yield gram quantities of these precious immune proteins, report researchers.

GMO-Compass Online Discourse: Co-existence of GMOs
04 September 2006 GMO Compass
What will be the fate of genetically modified crops in Europe? What will it take to make the idea of co-existence, between genetically modified plants (GMOs) and conventional crops, a reality?

President for Promoting GM Crops
03 September 2006 NewIndPress
President APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday said promoting of genetic engineering technology for crops could help the country to tackle problems of low productivity and also frequent drought conditions, low temperature spells and lot of salt affected areas.

The Hungry Planet: As Stocks Run Out and Harvests Fail, the World Faces Its Worst Crisis for 30 Years
03 September 2006 The Independent
Making cars more fuel-efficient, and eating less meat would help but the only long-term solution is to enable poor countries - and especially their poorest people - to grow more food.

Are Genomic Technologies The Answer To World Hunger?
02 September 2006 Economic & Social Research Council
Researchers believe that biotechnology has the potential to improve the nutritional content of food crops and, crucially, resistance to insects and disease. This could lead to improved yields of food crops for both human and animal consumption.

Cornell and Scripps Researchers Provide Evidence to Show How Proteins
01 September 2006 Cornell University
Experimental evidence provided by a Cornell researcher and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., support a long-held theory of how and where proteins fold to create their characteristic shapes and biological functions.

Moisture's Match
01 September 2006 AgWeb
Worrying about whether or not the forecast calls for rain may be a thing of the past when the next generation of drought-tolerant corn hits the market.

Fight Weeds with Plant Pathogens
01 September 2006 American Phytopathological Society
Although plant pathogens are typically viewed as detrimental, plant pathologists with the American Phytopathological Society (APS) say plant pathogens may be a successful, eco-friendly tool for managing weeds.

A Slicker soybean
01 September 2006 AgWeb
Vistive soybeans, a Monsanto variety developed through conventional breeding, contains less than 3% linolenic acid compared with the typical 8% in traditional soybeans.

The U.N. Is All Wet on Water Issues
01 September 2006 San Diego Union-Tribune
In the United States and at least 17 other countries, farmers are using gene-spliced crop varieties to produce higher yields, with lower inputs and reduced impact on the environment. Plant biologists have identified genes that regulate water utilization that can be transferred into important crop plants.

Genome Info from 'Plant Destroyers' Could Save Trees, Beans and Chocolate
01 September 2006 National Science Foundation
Rapidly evolving genes encode substances that may debilitate plants.

Biotech Traits: What's New
01 September 2006 Farm Industry News
Frequent industry observation is that consumers will not fully appreciate biotechnology until it directly benefits them. That is why many people in the ag industry are hopeful about the development and eventual commercialization of products with beneficial output (or value-added) traits.

Biotech Traits: What's Next
01 September 2006 Farm Industry News
It is not unusual to hear a phrase like “the possibilities are limitless” when you talk with trait developers about the future of traits and their impact, not only on agriculture, but on the general economy and environment as well.