Syngenta to Collaborate With China on Biotech
June 29, 2007| |
Syngenta and the Institute of Genetics and Development Biology (IGDB) in Beijing, China have agreed on five-year research collaboration. They will be working on the identification and development of novel agronomic traits including drought tolerance for key crops, including corn, soybean, wheat, sugar beet and sugar cane. IGDB forms part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and is one of China’s leading biotechnology research institutes.
Both agencies agreed that traits will not only be developed for the Chinese seed market but also for the global agriculture markets. Syngenta will have the rights to commercialize developed traits in the agreed range of field crops.
See http://www.syngenta.com/en/media/press/2007/06-25.htm for the news report.
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