NDSU Releases High Yielding GM Soybean
March 23, 2007| |
The Agricultural Experiment Station of the North Dakota State University (NDSU), has developed a transgenic Roundup-resistant soybean variety named ‘RG7008RR’. Al Schneiter, chair of the University’s Department of Plant Sciences, announced that the new variety has a 1.8 bushel-per-acre yield advantage over the previous ‘RG6008RR’ variety. It will be marketed by the North Dakota State University Research Foundation through Roughrider Genetics.
Read the press release at http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2007/03/18/ag_news/production_news/prod24.txt.
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