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Agri-Science Queensland releases new nematode-resistant wheat breeding lines
Posted 05-14-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Australian wheat-breeding companies now have access to several new nematode resistant and tolerant wheat lines, which could enhance the approach to managing these pests in cereal crops.

Two additions to the sugar beet RL have yet to gain National Listing
Posted 05-10-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Three new sugar beet varieties have been added to the 2013 BBRO Recommended List, although uncertainty surrounds the commercial availability of two of them, which are yet to gain National Listing.

WSU eyes first two-gene Clearfield wheat variety
Posted 05-10-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

The holder of the Washington State University Vogel Chair of Wheat Breeding and Genetics will discuss the university's first two-gene Clearfield wheat variety during the upcoming field tour season.

Vietnam still keeps cautious with GM crops
Posted 05-09-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Vietnamese agriculture experts believe that Vietnam needs to follow a reasonable roadmap in approaching GMC.

Proposal to require GM labeling moves ahead in California
Posted 05-07-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

A proposal that would require labels on foods containing genetically modified ingredients is on track to go before California voters -- and the biotechnology industry, including Creve Coeur-based Monsanto, is already pushing back.

American Farm Bureau urges approval of new herbicide-tolerant corn
Posted 05-04-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

The Agriculture Department’s Plant and Animal Health Inspection Service should grant non-regulated status to a new variety of herbicide-tolerant corn, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Area cultivated with GM corn drops in Romania
Posted 05-04-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

The total surface area of land cultivated with genetically modified corn in Romania moves downwardly and most likely this year there will be 300 less hectares cultivated with GM corn.

Mixed results from GM canola trials in Australia
Posted 05-02-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Trials of genetically modified canola have found the controversial technology isn't always meeting promises of higher yields.

Monsanto to carry out new GM maize trials in Pakistan
Posted 04-23-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

The multinational agriculture firm Monsanto has been given government permission to conduct a third round of trials of its genetically modified (GM) maize in Pakistan.

Monsanto launches new downy mildew resistant cucumber hybrids
Posted 04-23-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Monsanto’s Seminis brand will offer growers two slicer cucumber hybrids that increase harvestable yield potential and enable a reduction in both the number and cost associated with the fungicidal sprays currently used to control the disease.

Uganda to market first GM crop in 2014
Posted 04-17-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Uganda expects to take its first genetically modified crop to the market in 2014 when a regulatory framework to guide production will have been enacted, say scientists at the National Agriculture Research Organisation NARO.

EFSA gives green light for MON810 maize monitoring report
Posted 04-16-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific opinion on the Post-Market Environmental Monitoring (PMEM) report for the 2010 cultivation season of genetically modified maize MON810.

Vietnam recommends more trials of GM feed corn
Posted 04-13-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Agricultural experts have called for more trials for genetically modified (GM) animal feed corn in different locations.

Poland imposes ban on MON810 GM maize
Posted 04-13-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Poland has now officially imposed a ban on Monsanto's MON810 GMO maize.

BASF enhanced field trials with genetically optimized potatoes
Posted 04-12-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

BASF Plant Science will again conduct field trials this year with genetically optimized potatoes which are undergoing the EU approval process.

Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) wheat to be commercialized in Australia
Posted 04-10-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

The Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) and CSIRO announced that the world’s fourth largest seed company, Vilmorin & Cie (Vilmorin), has taken a license to access technology that aims to reduce the amount of Nitrogen fertilizer used by Australian growers for their wheat crops.

Field trials begin for GM eggplant in the Philippines
Posted 04-06-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Trials of genetically modified eggplant started in the Philippines last week, according to an entomologist from the Universit of the Philippines in Ba?os (UPLB)-Institute of Plant Breeding.

Burrus to distribute new Catalyst brand for Syngenta
Posted 04-02-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Syngenta announced the launch of Catalyst, a new seed brand that gives growers an additional opportunity to purchase hybrids containing Syngenta germplasm and Agrisure? trait technology from their local seed company sales representative.

First GM wheat to repel aphids tested in UK
Posted 03-30-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

Wheat Plants which have been genetically engineered to produce an aphid alarm pheromone to repel the pests have gone into a field trial at Rothamsted.

Mexico approves 4 additional GE corn pilot tests
Posted 03-29-2012. Filed under : Biotech.

The Government of Mexico (GOM) continues granting environmental and pilot testing permits to developers of genetically engineered (GE) corn and other crops on a limited basis.