Topic: Monsanto Company
KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - The rapid adoption by U.S. farmers of genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton has promoted increased use of pesticides, an epidemic of herbicide-resistant weeds and more chemical residues in foods, according to a report issued Tuesday by health ...
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, had only months to live when he received a visit from an old friend, Rob Fraley, chief of technology for Monsanto Co.Borlaug, who won the ...
Seed maker Monsanto opening first research center in ChinaMonsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, on Tuesday said it is opening its first research center in China.The Monsanto Biotechnology Research Center in Beijing will boost Monsanto's ties with Chinese research institutions in ...
Monsanto Company and Huazhong Agricultural University have entered into a collaboration to further the development of novel traits such as higher yield, drought resistance and nitrogen use efficiency. Monsanto will evaluate and advance certain technologies developed by Professor Qifa Zhang's research team ...
This special feature is brought to you by the AAAS/Science Business Office. For one thing Genentech, now a wholly owned member of the Roche group, has not budged from its No. 1 position in this year's Science survey of top employers in ...
Conference examines role of biotechnology in South Dakota's economySouth Dakota must overcome what university president James Abbott characterized as an inferiority complex if it's to produce college graduates who can grow a biotechnology industry that's already taken root.Abbott and others speaking at ...
Monsanto, the agricultural giant known for developing biotech corn, said Tuesday it acquired WestBred, LLC, a company that specializes in genetic material for wheat. "The investment will bolster the future growth of Monsanto's seeds and traits platform and allow farmers to benefit ...
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's biosafety regulator CTNBio has approved the use of Monsanto's Bollgard 2 genetically modified cotton seed, the company said on Thursday.The pest-resistant cotton variety must still be approved by Brazil's Agriculture Ministry before it can be planted in ...
US biotech giant Monsanto said Wednesday it was considering legal action against Germany's decision to ban a type of genetically modified maize -- MON 810 -- manufactured by the firm. "Monsanto is examining all available options and reserves the right to take ...
Farmers and biotech line up as seed sampling bill gets Senate hearing in MontanaFarmers lined up on both sides of a Montana bill dealing with how biotech companies sample crops to determine potential illegal use of patented seeds.The Montana House bill, introduced ...
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