FuturaGene, Chinese Forestry Institute Extend Eucalyptus Collaboration
July 17, 2009| |
Israel-based FuturaGene announced that it will extend its collaboration agreement with China's Research Institute of Tropic Forestry (RITF) which is aimed at the development of improved eucalyptus varieties. The biotechnology company has been working with the Chinese research institute to develop eucalyptus trees with bacterial wilt resistance.
Bacterial wilt disease is caused by the soil bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum. The bacteria invade plants via roots or stem wounds and propagate in stem tissue, resulting in necrosis. Bacterial wilt has become widely dispersed in the major plantation provinces of China, with infection rates reaching as high as 88 percent.
FuturaGene and RITF will share equally the commercialization rights to the resistant varieties in the Chinese domestic market.
Read the media release at http://www.futuragene.com/FGN%20expands%20contract%20with%20RITF%20to%20disease%20solutions.pdf
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