GM wheat: the story of our daily bread | TechNyouBY JASON MAJORTECHNYOU (reproduced here by kind permission of TechNyou)Australian consumers will soon be eating GM bread that has never been proven safe, according to Greenpeace.Greenpeace have lately been rattling the…
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The European food safety authority is currently tracing the sources and distribution of allegedly deadly E. coli contaminated fenugreek seeds originating in Egypt which have been implicated in several different outbreaks of severe pathogenic E. coli infections occurring these last weeks in…
Most of the time scientists can rely on publications that go through the careful critical review by other scientists. But sometimes papers get rushed through to publication, and there can be hasty, even harmful decisions made by journal editors. On…
Flower power to help improve corn yield › News in Science (ABC Science) Flower power to help improve corn yieldWednesday, 4 May 2011 Anna SallehReposted from ABC Radio Australia Genes normally only active in the flowers of plants could be…
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GM wheat — step by stepAgrifood Awareness Australia.Media Release Dec 8th 2010International grains industry leaders are building-up their consideration of the market and trade requirements that will underpin the commercialisation of GM wheat.In parallel to the global R&D program to…
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8/07/2010Scientific background report MON810In this scientific background report, VIB brings together the most recent data about MON810, one of the first biotech crops allowed for cultivation in the EU.Despite the scientific consensus that it is safe for humans and the…
Improved Salinity Tolerance of Rice Through Cell Type-Specific Expression of [sodium pump] AtHKT1This work presents an important step in the development of abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants via targeted changes in mineral transport.Previously, cell type-specific expression of AtHKT1;1, a…
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Scientists: We've Cracked Wheat's Genetic Code- Raphael G. Satter, The Associated Press, August 27, 2010AAP have annouced that British scientists have decoded the genetic sequence of wheat - one of the world's oldest and most important crops - a development…
26 August 2010INTERGRAIN AND MONSANTO ANNOUNCE NEW WHEAT BREEDING COLLABORATIONPress ReleaseMonsanto and IntergrainMonsanto to share technology, germplasm with Australian breeding leader; makes equity investmentInterGrain Pty Ltd and Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced a technology collaboration agreement expected to lead…
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Wheat Reaches its Limit | Economy | EnglishWheat Reaches its LimitVoice of AmericaAugust 24, 2010The world's population keeps growing, but the amount of wheat farmers worldwide are able to grow per hectare has leveled off.According to a new study, that's…
