Monsanto Phil Wants to Extend Permit to Grow Bt Corn
August 24, 2007| |
Monsanto Philippines Inc. has filed an application with the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to extend its permit to commercially propagate Bt corn variant Mon 810. The permit, which was granted on December 4, 2002 will lapse at the end of December this year. Mon 810 was the first genetically modified crop approved for propagation by the Philippines Department of Agriculture in 2002.
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