Carbon credits for Arcadia GM rice project
28 March 2008
The US biotechnology company, Arcadia Biosciences (Davis, California), is working to reward farmers in China who grow its genetically modified rice with carbon credits.

Dow and Sangamo reach research milestone in agriculture collaboration
28 March 2008
Dow AgroSciences and US genomics company Sangamo BioSciences (Richmond, California) have completed a key research milestone in their collaboration into plant agriculture.

DuPont calls on advanced technologies to meet crop demand
28 March 2008
DuPont have called on advanced agricultural technologies to ensure demand for maize and soybean yields throughout the next decade are met.

Viterra and Evogene union to improve canola tolerance and yield
20 March 2008
Viterra and Evogene have agreed to collaborate on the development of genetically modified canola with both improved yield and abiotic stress tolerance qualities.

DuPont and Precision BioSciences collaboration for crop development
19 March 2008
DuPont and Precision BioSciences have agreed to a collaboration that will help introduce higher-yielding agricultural products to the market more quickly.

ABIC Conference in Ireland Set to Cover Ag-Biotech Issues
19 March 2008
The annual Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) is set to be held in Ireland in 2008.

Syngenta aids maize genetics research
10 March 2008
Donation to the Maize Functional Diversity group will help to improve the delivery of maize traits.

Cassava chloroplast genome sequencing holds potential for plant tolerance
6 March 2008
Cassava can now be engineered for salt and drought tolerance.

Drought-resistant wheat application for Australia
4 March 2008
DPI Victoria's application is under review by the local regulator.

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