Molecular biology Archives - Page 8 of 10

No GMOs Here, Say Bulgarians

By Irina Ivanova March 25, 2010

Bulgaria’s parliament voted on Mar. 18 to tighten a law that effectively banned cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops for scientific and commercial reasons in response to public fears. The ruling centre-right GERB party decided to drop a planned moratorium on GMO production because the new law would keep the European Union member GMO free,

Livestock

German Farm Group Sees EU Relaxing GMO Import Rule

March 25, 2010

Germany’s association of farming co-operatives said it was optimistic the European Union will relax its ban on unapproved imports of tiny traces of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Without any such measure, EU imports of soybeans and soymeal could be disrupted once again in autumn 2010, said Manfred Nuessel, president of co-operatives association DRV. Millions of

Cereals, Crops, News

Wild Plants Sought For Climate Traits

By Alister Doyle March 18, 2010

Farm experts plan to track down wild relatives of crops such as rice or wheat with traits that make them able to resist global warming in a project costing perhaps $50 million, a leading expert said March 9. “The wild relatives of cultivated crops … are largely uncollected or conserved in gene banks,” said Cary

Crops

GMO Rice Could Become Widespread In China

March 4, 2010

China could use its newly approved strain of geneti -cally modified (GMO) rice for up to 40 per cent of its rice crop, once it becomes commercially available, a Chinese expert on plant diseases said Feb. 26. China approved the safety of the insect-resistant Bt strain of rice last November, opening the door to widespread

News, Oilseeds

Opposition To GM Wheat Remains Strong

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 18, 2010

Acoalition of farmer and consumer groups opposed to the introduction of genetically modified wheat says their campaign now has support from 233 consumer and farmer groups in 26 countries. The 233 groups signed the rejection statement first launched by 15 Australian, Canadian and U. S. farmer and consumer groups in June 2009, according to a

News

EU Weighs Proposals To Break GMO Deadlock

February 11, 2010

Plans to let national governments decide whether to allow genetically modified (GMO) crop cultivation on their land could unblock a paralysis in EU GMO approvals, but risk igniting internal-market disputes. Proposals from the Dutch and Austrian governments, under consideration by the executive European Commission, have won the backing of several countries and interested parties, and

News

Italy Court Allows A Farmer To Grow GMO Maize

February 11, 2010

Italy’s highest Appeals Court has ordered the Agriculture Ministry to allow a farm to grow genetically modified maize – overruling a de facto ban on GMO cultivation and causing an uproar in the country fiercely opposed to GMO crops. In 2007, the ministry denied authorization to grow a GMO variety of maize already allowed in

Opinion

The Colour Of Farm Politics

By Kevin Hursh January 28, 2010

A lot of Europeans travel but don’t seem to worry about consuming GM crops while on holiday in another country. Green is the new Red. In other words, a big part of the Green movement is fuelled by people with a philosophy that used to be called Red – a philosophy that’s anti-business and anti-development.

Hogs, Livestock

New Genetic Testing Technology Revolutionizing Swine Breeding

December 24, 2009

bernie peet Peet on Pigs “The genome of the pig has millions of such SNP locations, so SNPs are a rich resource for use as genetic markers.” Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba

Livestock, Oilseeds

Brazil Clears Planting Of Bayer GMO Soy

December 10, 2009

Brazil’s biotechnology agency CTNBio said Nov. 19 it approved the commercial planting of a genetically modified soybean variety produced by Bayer that’s resistant to glyphosate. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soy, which is also resistant to glyphosate, is the only other GMO soy approved for commercial use in Brazil, which legalized the commercial use of transgenic crops,

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