The Philippines is losing as much as PHP33.85 billion (US$634 million) because of the delay in commercializing the insect resistant Bt eggplant, according to Dr. Cesar Quicoy, an economist from the University of the Philippines Los Baņos.
More than 60 organizations, including public and private research centers, universities, academies, technical institutes, and professional agricultural organizations and scientific leaders from different European countries have called for a "European Initiative for plant genome editing".
The scheduled public consultations for the field trial of GR2E Golden Rice in the Philippines have been completed. The local government units of Muņoz, Nueva Ecija and San Mateo, Isabela have engaged the public in the consultation on July 18 and 19 to allow community members to ask questions about the proposed field trial and submit their comments to DA-BPI.
A study from Purdue University led by Daniel Szymanski has mapped a complex series of pathways that control the shape of plant cells. The research team used the model plant Arabidopsis to map the complex pathways that control plant cell shape. The findings may be key to improving the quality of cotton grown in the United States.
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More than 60 organizations, including public and private research centers, universities, academies, technical institutes, and professional agricultural organizations and scientific leaders from different European countries have called for a "European Initiative for plant genome editing".
The scheduled public consultations for the field trial of GR2E Golden Rice in the 
A study from Purdue University led by Daniel Szymanski has mapped a complex series of pathways that control the shape of plant cells. The research team used the model plant Arabidopsis to map the complex pathways that control plant cell shape. The findings may be key to improving the quality of cotton grown in the 
