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Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GMOs:
- Deliberate release of MON 89034 × NK603 and MON 89034 × MON 88017 for the use in field trials in the Czech Republic.
- “Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034 × MON 88017, MON 89034 × NK603 maize and their parental lines MON 89034, MON 88017, and NK603 for the use in field trials in Germany under simplified procedure”
- Application to perform field trials with Syngenta’s Bt11 x MIR604 x GA21 maize and Bt11 x MIR604 x GA21 maize in Slovakia (2009-2012).
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 for the use in field trials in Slovakia.
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034 × NK603 and NK603 × MON 810 for the use in field trials in Slovakia.

Neuzulassungen beim Mais 2009 – neun Sorten von KWS SAAT AG

Forschungsfreiheit in Gefahr, warnt der Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter

L’INRA recrute 359 ingénieurs et techniciens dans toute la France

Investigadores españoles secuenciarán el genoma del melón

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GMOs:
- Release into the environment of genetically modified potatoes with altered starch composition EH92-527-1(2009 - 2010)
- Release into the environment of genetically modified potatoes with the change of late blight resistance
- Field trial of corn genetically modified to tolerate glyphosate.
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 for the use in field trials in Spain.
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 maize, to select inbred lines and obtain varieties.
- Field trials continuation to advance in the evaluation, agronomic characterization and development of maize varieties derived from NK603 line, tolerant to glyphosate herbicide.
- Field trials continuation to advance in the evaluation, agronomic characterization and development of maize varieties NK603 x MON 810, tolerant to glyphosate and protected against corn borers.
- Field trials continuation to advance in the evaluation, agronomic characterization and development of maize derived from MON 88017 line, genetically modified for tolerance to glyphosate and protected against Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera).
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for continuing the field testing of MON 89034 (maize protected against certain lepidopteran insect pests) in order to complete its agronomic characterization and development.
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for continuing the field testing of MON 89034 x NK603 maize, genetically modified for protection against certain lepidopteran insect pests and tolerant to glyphosate, in order to complete its agronomic characterization and development.
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for continuing the field testing of MON 89034 x MON 88017 maize, genetically modified for protection against lepidopteran and corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera) and tolerant to glyphosate, in order to complete its agronomic characterization and development.
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of genetically modified 59122 maize (DAS-59122-7) to select inbred lines and obtain varieties.
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of genetically modified 1507 x 59122 maize (DAS-Ø15Ø7-1×DAS-59122-7) to select inbred lines and obtain varieties.

USDA/FAS GAIN report: French biotech policy measures bogged down

Judgement of the European Court of Justice: The right of public access to information applies to releases of genetically modified organisms

La France risque de payer très cher la frilosité européenne et française sur les OGM

More European Union member states listen to science and farmers on GMOs

Bayer CropScience signs research agreement with the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Bayer CropScience schließt Forschungsvereinbarung mit Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung

Schweiz: GVO-Freisetzungsversuche können weitergeführt werden
Suisse: Les disséminations expérimentales d'OGM peuvent être poursuivies
Svizzera: Le emissioni sperimentali di OGM possono proseguire

Un informe francés afirma que el maíz MG que se cultiva en la UE no es peligroso para la salud

Rijk Zwaan launches website wholly dedicated to its orange-fleshed melon Caribbean
Website gelanceerd over Caribbean-meloen

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Separation requirements between biotech corn fields and recognized “environmentally sensitive areas” in Germany

Maïs OGM Mon 810 : la clause de sauvegarde est maintenue en France

13 million farmers around the world can't be wrong: it’s time to give European farmers the same choice

OGM : Un choix politique qui va à l’encontre de l’expertise scientifique et du libre choix des agriculteurs

Nunhems announces a new business approach in North America

50,000 trade visitors from 125 countries attend Fruit Logistica 2009

Viruses and nematodes on potato in the United Kingdom

Un vent nouveau souffle en sorgho: Euralis Semences lance 3 nouveautés sorgho grain en 2009

BBSRC awards UK scientists £1.7 million to analyse the genomes of five varieties of wheat

European Commission decision on Austrian safeguard clauses regarding maize MON810 and T25

’Pick your winter profits’: De Ruiter Seeds presents major innovations in the search for flavor, color and yield in South European tomatoes

Syngenta enters into research collaboration with Anhui Academy, China
Syngenta conclut un accord de collaboration avec l’Académie d’Anhui, Chine
Syngenta vereinbart Forschungskooperation mit der Anhui Academy in China

Neue Größe im Hybridroggenmarkt: Dieckmann Seeds kauft Pflanzenzüchtung Gülzow
Dieckmann Seeds buys Pflanzenzüchtung Gülsow

U.K. Seed Certification Information letters
- UK Linseed Seed Derogation
- Imports of seed weighing over 2kg from third countries

Enza Zaden’s Sweetgreen, a sweet green pepper with a high vitamin C content, wins the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2009
Sweetgreen wint de Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2009

Bestätigung des guten Qualitäts- und Umwelt¬managements bei KWS: Überwachungsaudit des Integrierten Managementsystems–Zertifizierung verlängert

CEBIGEVE, nuevo centro binacional de genómica vegetal

Syngenta reports full year results 2008: Record sales and earnings growth, winning technology offer
Résultat de l’exercice 2008: Croissance record des ventes et du bénéfice avec une offre technologique gagnante
Jahresabschluss 2008: Rekordwachstum bei Umsatz und Gewinn, starkes Technologieangebot

Expansion in energy crops needed, says Ireland's Teagasc researcher

Deutschland: Sechs Neuzulassungen bei Zuckerrüben: fünf der neuen Sorten von KWS Saat AG

Rijk Zwaan director Anton van Doornmalen opens the eyes of the convenience sector at the Freshconex Congress

Vilmorin confirms its outlook for fiscal 2008-2009 and pursues its international development
Vilmorin confirme ses perspectives pour l’exercice 2008-2009 et poursuit son développement à l’international

Bayer CropScience strengthens international competitiveness of fruit and vegetable growers
Bayer CropScience stärkt die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Obst- und Gemüseerzeugern

Conversations about plant biotechnology: José María Falcão, Farmer, Portugal

Wageningen UR organizes the 13th QTL-MAS workshop

BASF appoints new leadership in crop protection: Nevin McDougall to lead North America, Markus Heldt named President

German consumers ask for more of Rijk Zwaan's Salanova

January 09

Journal Officiel de la République Française: Arrêté du 13 janvier 2009 relatif aux conditions d’enrobage et d’utilisation des semences traitées par des produits mentionnés à l’article L. 253-1 du code rural en vue de limiter l’émission des poussières lors du procédé de traitement en usine

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Opinion on application reference EFSA-GMO-RX-Bt11 for renewal of the authorisation of existing products produced from insect-resistant genetically modified maize Bt11, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Syngenta

Preparing for climate change: Helmholtz Zentrum München researchers analyze the genome of a heat and drought resistant cereal plant
Vorsorge für den Klimawandel: Forscher des Helmholtz Zentrums München analysieren das Genom einer hitze- und dürreresistenten Getreidepflanze

Nunhems at Fruit Logistica 2009 - Intense tomatoes and Magenta melons: convenient and flavorful solutions for food professionals

United Kingdom's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council announces biggest ever public investment in bioenergy

University of Nottingham to lead the way in the development of sustainable bioenergy fuels

L’INRA lance sa campagne de recrutement de 68 chercheurs
INRA is recruiting 68 scientists
El INRA lanza una campaña de contratación de 68 investigadores

Urkundenfälscher belästigen Landwirte - BPD fordert verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit sensiblen Themen

De Ruiter Seeds present at Fruit Logistica 2009

BASF and Cibus achieve development milestone in CLEARFIELD production system

AgBioForum Bulletin Volume 11 Number 2
- An ex-ante evaluation of the economic impact of Bt cotton adoption by Spanish farmers facing the EU cotton sector reform
- Trust and distrust in biotechnology risk managers: insights from the United Kingdom, 1996-2002
- Public attitudes toward molecular farming in the UK

European Commission recommend that farmers in 27 EU member states be allowed to grow two new genetically modified corn varieties

Fungal diseases on barley in the United Kingdom

Flächendeckende Versorgung mit insektizid gebeiztem Maissaatgut nicht mehr sicherzustellen

Züchtungsfortschritt bei Weizen in Gefahr - Züchter warnen vor Finanzierungsschwierigkeiten der Züchtungsforschung bei Selbstbefruchtern

Field trials of GM rape in Sweden
Se ensayarán a campo en Europa plantas de colza transgénica con mejor calidad de aceite

HGCA launches online version of its Cereal Disease Encyclopaedia

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GMOs:
- Notification A for the field testing of spring oilseed rape (Brassica napus) genetically modified for improved oil composition in the seed
- Notification B for the field testing of spring oilseed rape (Brassica napus) genetically modified for improved oil composition in the seed

BASF and Monsanto formalize agreement to develop next-generation of dicamba-based weed control products
BASF und Monsanto vereinbaren gemeinsame Entwicklung von der nächsten Generation von Dicamba-Produkten zur Unkrautbekämpfung

European Parliament approves new EU pesticides legislation

A aucun moment la justice n’a reconnu le droit d’interdire les OGM à la commune de Le Thor, Vaucluse

Embrapa assina Tratado de Cooperação em Pesquisa com Universidade de Rothamsted e inaugura mais uma unidade do Labex no Reino Unido

Black dot infection on potato in the United Kingdom

Seed Processing Holland delivers first film coater with integrated dryer to Russian company Agrofirma Gavrish

Verzoek EK om gesprek met VWA over GMO-laboratoriumdetectie

Globale Sicherung der Welternährung nur im partnerschaftlichen Miteinander möglich

The Future of agriculture guided by the international assessment of agricultural knowledge, science and technology for development

Brasil e Noruega discutem cooperação técnica na área de biossegurança

Rijk Zwaan in direct contact with convenience sector
Rijk Zwaan in direct contact met convenience-sector

Assemblée de l'Association suisse des sélectionneurs à Yverdon

Bancos de semillas para conservar la biodiversidad vegetal europea

United Kingdom launches new Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera)

Dick Taverne, el poder de hablar sin temores

OECD list of varieties eligible for certification - January 2009

OECD Seed Schemes 2009: Rules and Directions

European Parliament's majority supports pesticide legislation - Industry looks forward to more science and less fiction during implementation

NIAB recommends that British farmers should have their farm-saved seed potatoes checked for virus

KeyGene and Amplicon Express announce Whole Genome Profiling, a method that enables fast and efficient Whole Genome Sequencing of plant and animal genomes - 450 Mbp melon genome sequenced

Roche NimbleGen partners with Biogemma on the development of sequence capture technology for targeted high-throughput sequencing of crop genomes

INCOTEC expands Board of Directors

Sorghum 2008: Im Süden Deutschlands gute Leistungen

Monsanto takes major step toward launch of world's first drought-tolerant corn product - Higher-yielding soybeans, SmartStax corn, and Dicamba- and Glufosinate- tolerant cotton also move forward in company's research & development pipeline

First-ever drought-tolerant corn now one step closer to farmers
Weltweit erster trockentoleranter Mais rückt der Markteinführung einen Schritt näher

Enza Zaden nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award for Sweetgreen, world’s first sweet pepper with a high vitamin C content
Enza Zaden is met Sweetgreen genomineerd voor de Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2009

BASF Plant Science takes intellectual property licenses on disease resistance genes from KeyGene

HAPit BV acquires EuroSystems AgroServices BV, developer of the Q-Seed ERP software system

December 08

Syngenta share repurchases: end-year report
Rachat d’actions de Syngenta: compte rendu de fin d’année
Syngenta Aktienrückkäufe: Endjahresbericht

Belgium's Council of State suspends refusal of VIB's GM poplar field trial

Vilmorin : De nouvelles asperges se pointent !

Vilmorin, une première mondiale : Des betteraves potagères résistantes à la rhizomanie

Vegetable diseases in the United Kingdom

Europaweit einmalige Stiftungsprofessur von KWS SAAT AG und Universität Hohenheim zeichnet Evolution nach, um verloren geglaubte Pflanzeneigenschaften zu retten

KWS Saat AG continues to grow
KWS Saat AG setzt Wachstumskurs fort

Defra's GM Inspectorate detects unapproved GM in conventional oilseed rape trial in Somerset

British Home-Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) publishes Barley Disease Management Guide 2009

Groupe Limagrain announces an increase in sales of 12%
Le Groupe Limagrain annonce un chiffre d’affaires en progression de 12%

European Parliament’s approval of the Climate and Energy Package provides the European biotech industry with a predictable business environment to develop advanced biofuels

Patataren Berrikuntza Sare Nazionala
Red Nacional de Innovación en Patata
National Network for Innovation in the Potato

Dow AgroSciences completes acquisition of Südwestsaat GbR, announces agreement with Saaten-Union GmbH

Devgen completes the final closure of its pharma division

USDA/FAS GAIN report:
- Italy approves GM field trials
- Czech Republic moving ahead with biotechnology, slowly but surely

European Court of Justice orders France to pay a lump sum for failing to comply swiftly with the 2004 judgment of the Court establishing its failure to fulfil obligations concerning GMOs

Hilleshög beet seed to offer Germain’s Advantage priming technology
Tecnología priming Advantage para la semilla de remolacha Hilleshög

Compte-rendu de l’Assemblée Générale de Vilmorin du 11 décembre 2008

United Kingdom's National Institute of Agricultural Botany issues open invitation to members of new Defra Food Policy Council

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Request from the European Commission related to the safeguard clause invoked by Austria on maize MON810 and T25 according to Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC

Offizielle Sortenergebnisse 2008: neue KWS Zuckerrüben Sorten mit Spitzenleistung

Neue Sorte für den Futterbau - Rotkleesorte Regent zugelassen

BASF: Further delay in Amflora approval process not acceptable
BASF: Weitere Verzögerung im Zulassungsprozess für Amflora nicht akzeptabel

Evogene and Biogemma show increased corn yield in field trials - Corn containing Evogene discovered genes show significant yield increases under both normal and drought conditions

European starch industry demands swift approval of genetically optimized potatoes
Europäische Stärkeindustrie fordert rasche Zulassung von gentechnisch opti-mierten Kartoffeln

France: Haut Conseil des Biotechnologies : Une urgence, les essais OGM 2009

De Ruiter Seeds announces new global Marketing and Sales Directors, further enhancement of the company's market orientation
Nieuwe global Marketing en Sales Directors De Ruiter Seeds - Verdere versterking marktoriëntatie De Ruiter Seeds

Changes in EU biotech regulations must not be an attempt to further delay the approvals process
Las modificaciones en la legislación sobre Biotecnología no deben retrasar los procesos de aprobación

Zulassung von gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen in der EU: Vorerst keine wesentlichen Änderungen

L’Europe doit montrer l’exemple et prendre ses responsabilités en matière d’autorisations d’OGM

Conseil des ministres de l’Environnement de l'Union Européenne: les ministres affichent leur détermination sur les OGM

European Commission presents policy options for EU strategy on invasive species

European Food Safety Authority: Application (Reference EFSA-GMO-NL-2007-37) for the placing on the market of the insect-resistant genetically modified maize MON89034, for food and feed uses, import and processing under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Monsanto[1] - Scientific opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Poland's framework position on GMO's - They say no, again

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Request from the European Commission related to the safeguard clause invoked by Austria on maize MON810 and T25 according to Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC

HGCA Recommended Lists for 2009/10

Growing high oleic low linolenic (HOLL) oilseed rape for specialised markets

BASF: Michael Heinz assumes responsibility for global team to integrate Ciba - Markus Heldt to become new head of Crop Protection division
Michael Heinz übernimmt Verantwortung für das globale Team zur Integration von Ciba - Markus Heldt wird neuer Leiter des Unternehmensbereichs Crop Protection

Vier nieuwe Limagrain-maïsrassen op Rassenlijst 2009

Good news for specialty crops: BASF Crop Protection unveils Initium, first active ingredient in new class of chemistry
Gute Nachrichten für Sonderkulturen: BASF Crop Protection entwickelt Initium, erster Wirkstoff einer neuen Stoffklasse

Monsanto's Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans receive European Union regulatory import approval

Syngenta and Dow AgroSciences jointly to develop Dow compounds for use in Syngenta Seed Care
Syngenta et Dow AgroSciences vont développer conjointement des molécules de Dow pour être utilisées dans les produits de Syngenta Seed Care
Syngenta und Dow AgroSciences entwickeln gemeinsam Wirkstoffe von Dow zur Verwendung bei Syngenta Seed Care

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Biotechnology annual EU 27

Epigénétique végétale, entre l’inné et l’acquis - l’Atelier International Epigénétique Végétale 2008 se tiendra au Cirad de Montpellier

Organic farming expanding in Ireland

Evogene and Bayer CropScience to evaluate additional genes for rice yield improvement

Positive EFSA opinion on Pioneer's 59122xNK603 maize for import, food and feed use - EU proposal for approval to be forwarded to Member States for a vote

European Food Safety Authority: Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms on application (Reference EFSA-GMO-UK-2005-20) for the placing on the market of the insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant genetically modified maize 59122 x NK603, for food and feed uses, and import and processing under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Pioneer Hi-Bred International

November 08

KWS SAAT AG ist erfolgreich ins neue Geschäftsjahr 2008/2009 gestartet - Prognose eines zehnprozentigen Umsatzanstiegs bei stabilem Betriebsergebnis bestätigt
KWS SAAT AG gets off to a successful start in fiscal 2008/2009 - Forecast of ten percent sales growth and stable operating income confirmed

Vegetable seed companies join forces to stop illegal reproduction of seeds, establish Anti-Infringement Bureau for Intellectual Property Rights on Plant Material

Semences de maïs en France: une offre 2008/2009 réduite

España: Comisión Medio Ambiente rechaza declarar España territorio libre transgénicos

Board appointment strengthens National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) research links with Cambridge University

La Unión Europea discute si debe endurecer o no la autorización de transgénicos

Syngenta issues CHF 350 million domestic bond
Syngenta platziert Inlandsanleihe von CHF 350 Millionen

UK seed certification: a brief guide to seed certification and the work of Defra, PVS Division, Cambridge has been published

EU Council of Ministers: Second generation of GM soybeans close to authorisation

European Union leadership urgently needed to fight fake pesticides, say majority of European enforcement authorities

USDA/FAS GAIN report: European Union 27, annual biotechnology report

The return of the curvy cucumber: European Commission to allow sale of 'wonky' fruit and vegetables

France: Dossier Cruiser - L'Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (Afssa) examine les premiers résultats du programme de surveillance post-homologation

España: MARM incluye 54 variedades en el Registro Variedades Comerciales, 3 OGM

Welternährung - Pflanzen für die Menschheit

Intervention sur maïs : Le Conseil européen des Ministres de l’Agriculture doit rectifier le tir
Maize intervention : The EU Council of Agriculture Ministers must now rectify matters

Gianni Bernardotto new Managing Director De Ruiter Seeds - Further enhancement market orientation De Ruiter Seeds
Gianni Bernardotto, nieuwe algemeen directeur De Ruiter Seeds - Verdere versterking marktoriëntatie De Ruiter Seeds
Gianni Bernardotto nuevo Director General De Ruiter Seeds - Mayor fortalecimiento de la orientación al mercado de De Ruiter Seeds

Limagrain op Rundvee- en Akkerbouwdagen Gorinchem

Coexistence in the European Union - Return of the moratorium on GM crops?

Bayer CropScience successful in preventing counterfeiting in China
Bayer CropScience erfolgreich im Kampf gegen chinesische Produktfälschung

Devgen concludes successful sales season and sets a solid base for substantial growth in 2009

New co-operation agreement signed between the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Pesticide industry intensifies fight against illegal pesticides Spain and Poland

El euro que se invierte en agricultura es el euro más rentable en ayuda al desarrollo

Vilmorin: chiffre d'affaires du premier trimestre 2008-2009 en ligne avec les objectifs: +5,1%
Vilmorin: Sales for the 1st quarter 2008-2009 on line with objectives: + 5.1%

Erstmals mehr als drei Millionen Tonnen Rapsschrot verfüttert – Deutsche Ölmühlen setzen auf weitere Qualitätssteigerungen

Nunhems introduces the next generation in leek

La UE debate cambiar los procesos de aprobación de los OMGs

INCOTEC-Proteios, a unique ag company, opens doors in South Africa

Syngenta acquires Argentine seeds company SPS
Syngenta acquiert le semencier argentin SPS
Syngenta erwirbt Saatgutunternehmen SPS in Argentinien

"Baylab plants" lab for schools opened in Monheim: Bayer CropScience encourages students’ interest in science and new technologies
Eröffnung des Bayer CropScience Schülerlabors "Baylab plants" in Monheim: Schüler für Naturwissenschaften und neue Technologien begeistern

Devgen announces the intention to close its pharma division and to fully focus on the development of its agro business

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GMOs: Application for the release into environment of genetically modified potatoes with altered starch metabolism under simplified procedure (2009 - 2010)

Bayer CropScience and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences sign memorandum of understanding, initiate joint projects in seeds and traits business development
Bayer CropScience und die Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences unterzeichnen Vereinbarung Strategische Partnerschaft zum Ausbau des Saatgut- und Traitsgeschäfts

October 08

Arrivée de Rodolphe Millet, nouveau directeur général de Vilmorin

Arcadia Biosciences and Semillas Fito announce research and commercial development agreement for extended shelf-life tomatoes

Syngenta to acquire assets from Bulgarian distributor AgroStar and to set up own organization in Sofia

SAATEN-UNION newsletter:
- Diabrotica: Die natürliche Resistenz ist jetzt Wirklichkeit
- Ein neuer Stern am Maishimmel

Evolution de la flore adventice du tournesol sur 30 ans

Deutsche Gemeinschaft zur Förderung der privaten deutschen Pflanzenzüchtung: Trockenstress-tolerante Zierpflanzen - BMELV gibt Startschuss für zukunftsweisendes Forschungsprojekt

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Request from the European Commission related to the safeguard clause invoked by France on maize MON810 according to Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC and the emergency measure according to Article 34 of Regulation No 1829/2003/EC - Scientific opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms

Les experts européens ont tranché : la suspension du maïs OGM par la France est totalement injustifiée

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Request from the European Commission to review scientific studies related to the impact on the environment of the cultivation of maize Bt11 and 1507 - Scientific opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms

ECO-PB newsletter on organic seeds and plant breeding, Issue III / 2008

KWS SAAT AG again grows net sales and earnings
KWS SAAT AG ist erneut bei Umsatz und Ertrag gewachsen

BASF prepares for a tough business environment

European Commission authorises the use of Bayer CropScience's GM LLCotton25 in food and feed
Bruselas aprueba la venta de una nueva variedad de algodón transgénico

Georgia accedes to the UPOV Convention
Georgia se adhiere al Convenio de la UPOV
La Géorgie adhère à la convention UPOV
Georgien tritt dem UPOV-Übereinkommen bei

BASF's concept for the sustainable production of fruit and vegetables
Kompetenz für nachhaltige Produktion von Obst und Gemüse

Syngenta acquires Chrysanthemum and Aster business from US flowers producer Yoder Brothers
Syngenta acquiert l’activité chrysanthèmes et asters du producteur de fleurs américain Yoder Brothers
Syngenta erwirbt Chrysanthemen- und Asterngeschäft des US-Blumenproduzenten Yoder Brothers

Syngenta announces breakthrough sugar cane planting technology in Brazil
Syngenta annonce une percée technologique pour la plantation de la canne à sucre au Brésil
Syngenta entwickelt neuartige Technologie zum Anbau von Zuckerrohr in Brasilien

Council of environment ministers of the European Union reach no joint alignment on GM authorisation

Brown rot on potato in Ireland

Surveys show continued strong support for agricultural biotechnology

Cereals transgènics per pal·liar la fam
Cereales transgénicos para paliar el hambre

Investigadores de la Universidad de Lérida trabajan sobre cereales enriquecidos para el Tercer Mundo

Wageningen UR report shows that possible new European Union crop protection regulation will have serious economic consequences

KeyGene responds to market demands and expands its sequencing capacity with a GS FLX Titanium system

Lantmännen, Svalöf Weibull and BASF agree on share exchange
Lantmännen, Svalöf Weibull und BASF einigen sich auf den Tausch der gegenseitigen Unternehmensbeteiligungen
Lantmännen, Svalöf Weibull och BASF enas om aktiebyte

Calantia Biotech y BASF Plant Science firman acuerdo de explotación de patentes para el aumento del rendimiento de los cultivos
Calantia Biotech and BASF Plant Science enter into licensing agreement targeting improved crop yields
Calantia Biotech et BASF Plant Science signent un accord d'exploitation de brevets pour l'amélioration du rendement des cultures

Syngenta announces third quarter 2008 sales: strong growth in all regions
Umsatz drittes Quartal 2008: starkes Wachstum in allen Regionen
Chiffre d’affaires du troisième trimestre 2008: forte croissance dans toutes les régions

Bacterial canker on tomato is rediscovered in the United Kingdom

Syngenta acquires US flower seeds producer Goldsmith Seeds
Syngenta acquiert le producteur américain de semences florales Goldsmith Seeds
Syngenta erwirbt US Blumensaatgut-Unternehmen Goldsmith Seeds
Syngenta adquiere Goldsmith Seeds, productora norteamericana de semillas ornamentales

European Union to restore import customs duties on cereals

Germany: New biosafety research projects to focus on methods to prevent a spread of GM plants

“Los argumentos contra los transgénicos se basan en el desconocimiento”

European Food Safety Authority: Working document of the GMO Panel on the interplay between Directive 2001/18/EC (GMOs) and Directive 91/414/EEC (Plant Protection Products)

Jean-Christophe Glaszmann, chercheur au Cirad, reçoit le prix Jean-Dufrenoy

La fédération nationale de la production des semences de maïs et de sorgho (FNPSMS) finance la recherche sur une maladie orpheline, le syndrome néphrotique

New report "Impacts of ‘not yet EU-authorized’ GMs on Feed and Livestock Production" highlights concerns over viability of EU livestock sector

Biogemma extends SRS partnership

Do European consumers buy GM foods?

inotec Engineering GmbH acquires Haldrup a/s, manufacturer of customized harvesting machines for field research

Syngenta regrets to announce the death of former Chairman Heinz Imhof

Un completo estudio sobre variedades de maíz Bt

Agricultural biotechnology is gaining support in Europe

Doriane S.A., publisher of LABKEY software, continues to grow in Europe and signs on its first American customers

Dow AgroSciences announces agreement to acquire Südwestsaat GbR

Crop prices could rise up to 70% due if EU pest management restrictions come into effect

S&G issues the 11th edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of peppers

Sclerotinia, multicrop, in the United Kingdom

Many constraints to rain lupin production in the United Kingdom

BASF transfers Weedmaster herbicide to Nufarm

Enza Zaden chooses Fluidigm BioMark system to help assure core seed quality
Enza choisit le système BioMark de Fluidigm pour assurer la qualité fondamentale de ses semences

Vilmorin présente des résultats annuels 2007-2008 confirmant une forte progression de sa marge opérationnelle
Vilmorin annual sales for 2007-2008: 897 million euros, an increase of 13.4% like for like

Rijk Zwaan director lays down his function as per July 2009

La mejora genética de plantas, una técnica de presente y futuro

Le Maïs européen en crise

European Crop Protection Association calls for European Food Safety Authority study on proposed pest management restriction criteria

Dr. Bruno Rossolini joins United Genetics as Director of Sales for Strategic Accounts in Europe and the Middle East

Commerce extérieur français semences et plants 2007/08: semences et plants français à l'assaut des marchés mondiaux

Un premier pas vers le séquençage du génome du blé : la carte physique du plus grand de ses chromosomes
A giant leap for wheat genome

Neue Projekte der Sicherheitsforschung zu gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen

September 08

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Repeal of the introduction of a GM feed ban; update on GM cultivation law

Fungal diseases on wheat and oilseed rape in the United Kingdom

HeinzSeed names Claudio Leggieri to the position of Regional Sales Manager – Europe, Middle East, and Africa

European Commission transmits to Council proposal to authorise a GM soybean MON89788

France: Plusieurs organisations claquent la porte du comité de pilotage Cruiser

Bayer broadens its manufacturing basis for biopharmaceuticals in tobacco plants

Latest figures show that more EU farmers choose to grow biotech crops to boost their competitiveness, but are the EU’s ag ministers listening?
Aumenta un 21% los cultivos biotecnológicos en la UE, como reflejo del interés de los agricultores en estos productos

Futterpflanzensaatgut weiterhin knapp

Monsanto espera la aprobación del maíz "Roundup Ready" para el cultivo en España

Besserer Pflanzenschutz durch technische Innovationen

"Successful Practice" Award geht an Bayer CropScience
"Successful Practice Award" goes to Bayer CropScience

Wageningen UR's 'Bodemgezondheidsdag' (National Healthy Soil Day) a great success with breeders, scientists, policymakers

Wageningen UR's Unifarm: unique, versatile and centrally located

‘Convivir con los transgénicos’, una completa visión de los OMGs

European market holds great potential for U.S. sorghum exports, says U.S. Grains Council

Syngenta’s tropical sugar beet receives World Business and Development Award
Syngenta erhält World Business and Development Award für tropische Zuckerrüben
La betterave à sucre tropicale de Syngenta reçoit le World Business and Development Award

Deutsches Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft: Ohne-Gentechnik-Kennzeichnung kommt in Schwung

What we need is nothing less than a second green revolution, sagt member of the Board of Management of Bayer CropScience
Wir brauchen nichts weniger als eine zweite grüne Revolution, sagt Mitglied des Vorstands der Bayer CropScience

Teagasc launches bioenergy DVD

España: Espinosa señala que la declaración de región libre de OGMs no tiene validez jurídica

New European Food Safety Authority body to coordinate pesticide risk assessment

Ringspot and white blister on brassicas in England, UK

INCOTEC and Proteios celebrate their 40th and 15th year anniversaries with festivities for customers, business associates and employees

INCOTEC Innovation Award 2008 for Mr. Jan de Boer

Independent trials of PreTect, Plant Health Care's Harpin based foliar fertiliser, result in impressive yield gains across a variety of crops

Les maïsiculteurs européens réunis au sein de la Confédération Européenne de la Production de Maïs précisent leurs priorités aux autorités européennes

La Unión Europea analiza la situación de los transgénicos

Cargill opens rapeseed crush plant in western France

Undiagnosed smut in maize fields in France

Denmark takes the lead in strengthened collaboration on organic research

Syngenta significantly expands investment in Hawaii with purchase of 848 acres in Kunia to expand research operations

Expertos coinciden en que la agricultura necesita un uso responsable de la biotecnología

Fake pesticides on the rise

Danish farmers trained to grow GMO crops

Los OMGs y la sostenibilidad en BIOSPAIN 08

Significant increase in alien plants in Europe - detailed overview available for the first time
Anzahl fremder Pflanzen in Europa deutlich gestiegen - Erstmals detaillierter Überblick verfügbar

BASF Monsanto: Frontrunners in securing and increasing yield in crops
BASF Monsanto: Vorreiter für sichere und höhere Erträge bei Nutzpflanzen

Bayer CropScience and Plant Health Care sign harpin gene licence agreement - New technology with growth and quality effects for use in Brassica oilseeds

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GMOs: Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 88017 maize, for the use in field trials in the Czech Republic

BASF makes offer to acquire Ciba

Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit veröffentlicht detaillierte Daten zu Rückständen von Pflanzenschutzmitteln

GVO-Zulassungsverfahren in der EU: Die nächste Reform?

First report of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii on tomato and cucumber in Switzerland

Végépolys to show French horticulture in bloom at Hortifair

Syngenta Board appoints new Head of Global R&D to Executive Committee, proposes retiring Head to join Board of Directors
Le Conseil d’administration nomme un nouveau Head of Global R&D à l’Executive Committee et propose que le titulaire sortant du poste rejoigne le Conseil d’administration
Verwaltungsrat beruft Dr. Alejandro Aruffo als neuen Leiter Forschung & Entwicklung in die Geschäftsleitung - Bisheriger Leiter, Dr. David Lawrence, wird als neues Verwaltungsrats- mitglied vorgeschlagen

Saaten-Union: Aktuelle LSV Weizen-Ergebnisse 2008

Higher food prices spur expansion in area planted in Eastern Europe

EU scientific study gauges current approaches to addressing potential health effects from genetically modified food and animal feed

Biotech food is safe: is anyone going to tell the consumer?
Los alimentos biotecnológicos son seguros: ¿nadie se lo va a decir a los consumidores?

Wageningen University and bioinformatics software company DNAStar sign Lasergene site license agreement for plant research

White paper on the organic food industry in the United States and the European Union

KWS successfully completes research trials with genetically modified sugarbeets

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Ukraine, planting seed imports

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GMOs: Changes in environmental behaviour of Cyanophycin producing transgenic potato plants

Syngenta Seeds SA moves its Spanish offices

European Commission authorises GM soybean A2704-12 for feed and food uses and for import and processing
Bruselas aprueba una variedad de soja transgénica para alimentos o piensos

American Soybean Association celebrates EU approval of Bayer CropScience LibertyLink soybeans

New crop data generated by John Innes Centre transformation resource

Plant Health Care, leading provider of natural products for plants and soil, announces interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2008

Plant Health Care to supply The Scotts Company with natural products for inclusion in their line of lawn and garden products for the retail market

Asaja pide que se apueste por el algodón transgénico para mantener la producción mínima europea

Endlich Gerechtigkeit – Feldzerstörer zu Haftstrafen verurteilt

Genedata confirms Bio-IT leadership for agricultural R&D with BASF Plant Science license agreement

Tag der Öko-Kartoffel in Wiebrechtshausen

Open Dagen Clause en Nickerson-Zwaan in St.-Maarten, Noord-Holland

España incrementa un 5,5% la superficie de maíz MG en 2008

Bayer CropScience: Setting the course after a very successful first half of 2008
Weichenstellung nach sehr erfolgreichem 1. Halbjahr 2008

Besserer Pflanzenschutz durch technische Innovationen

BASF Plant Science and VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) boost cooperation
BASF Plant Science und VIB (das Flämische Institut für Biotechnologie) intensivieren Zusammenarbeit

Forschungsversuche mit gentechnisch veränderten Zuckerrüben von KWS erfolgreich abgeschlossen

August 08

La coexistencia y el etiquetado garantizan la libertad de elección de agricultores y consumidores

Der Vorschlag(s)hammer für innovative Ideen bei KWS - Kontinuierliche Verbesserung der Effizienz zahlt sich auch für die Mitarbeiter aus

LemnaTec introduces new high throughput and high content plant phenotyping platform

Poland publishes new draft law on cultivation of agricultural biotechnology crops

Trece años de creciente aceptación con cultivos transgénicos

First report of Iris yellow spot virus on onions in New Zealand and Serbia

Deutschland: Überdurchschnittliche Ernte eingebracht

Thiencarbazone-methyl registered in first market - New Bayer CropScience active ingredient approved in Romania: Thiencarbazone-methyl registered in first market Annual sales potential of more than EUR 100 million for new corn herbicide
Thiencarbazone-Methyl weltweit erstmals zugelassen - Neuer Bayer CropScience-Wirkstoff erhält Registrierung in Rumänien: Thiencarbazone-Methyl weltweit erstmals zugelassen Umsatzpotenzial von mehr als 100 Millionen Euro für neuen Mais-Herbizidwirkstoff

Devgen NV has successfully entered the hybrid seed market and is ready for expansion

“La coexistencia es posible, y el mejor ejemplo está en España”

DuPont boosts seed research in Europe to extend leadership position - Two new state-of-the-art research centers to deliver higher yielding corn and sunflower hybrids

International conference on agricultural biotechnology bring world’s leading scientists to Cork, Ireland

Nunca se ha dado ni un sólo caso de alerta sanitaria ligada a la biotecnología

Neue Versuchsreihe mit Bt-Mais: Verschiedene Sorten im Vergleich

Maiswurzelbohrer in Deutschland

Destruction d’essais OGM en France : Malgré des promesses répétées, le gouvernement ne soutient pas la recherche !

Kein Risiko für Florfliegen durch Bt-Maispollen

Winterweizensorte Tabasco ist Saaten-Unions ertragsstärkste und gesündeste Neuzulassung 2008

Deutschland:
- Hybridweizensaatgut 2008 sehr knapp
- Saatgutwechsel bei Getreide bleibt bundesweit stabil

Positive vote for four BASF crop protection compounds
Positives Votum für vier neue Pflanzenschutz-Wirkstoffe von BASF

Easy threshing of research seed lots now possible

Rijk Zwaan bids for Olympic glory - Dutch vegetable seed company reveals it is supplying tomatoes and mini cucumbers to Beijing's Olympic Village

Bayer CropScience licenses Ariadne Pathway Studio with ResNet Plant database

Nieuwe graanrassen doen het goed

S&G issues the 10th edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of peppers

European Commission foresees above average cereals harvest for 2008

Los cultivos transgénicos tolerantes a la sequía verán la luz en la próxima década

Desmontando lo insostenible

Deutsche Landwirte können nächste Aussaat planen

Vilmorin, chiffre d'affaires annuel 2007-2008 : 897 millions d'euros, en progression de 13,4 % à données comparables
Vilmorin releases 2007-2008 annual sales: 897 million euros, an increase of 13.4% like for like

British Crop Protection Council symposium: "Seed Production and Treatment in a Changing Environment" - First announcement and call for papers

Peter Thorn named CEO of Westrup A/S

July 08

BASF to invest more than €150 million in additional capacity for key crop protection products
BASF investiert mehr als 150 Millionen € in den Ausbau der Produktionsanlagen für Pflanzenschutzmittel

BASF remains in top form: Sales and earnings increase despite challenging business environment
BASF weiter in Top-Form: Umsatz- und Ergebnisanstieg trotz herausfordernden Geschäftsumfelds

Indian seed company Krishidhan and Dutch biotech company Proteios International sign agreement for the development and application of molecular markers and DNA detection technologies on cotton

European corn production at risk from the “billion dollar beetle” - Spread of the Western corn rootworm has significant consequences for agriculture

BASF Plant Science takes Amflora case to EU court
BASF Plant Science bringt den Fall Amflora vor EU Gericht

UFOP-Information zur Winterrapsaussaat 2008: Signale für Rapsanbau in Deutschland stehen auf „Grün“

Syngenta investit CHF 150 millions en Suisse pour de nouvelles capacités de production
Syngenta investiert in der Schweiz CHF 150 Millionen für neue Produktionskapazitäten

Syngenta half year results 2008: strong performance, positive outlook
Halbjahresergebnisse 2008: starkes Ergebnis, positiver Ausblick
Résultats du premier semestre de l’exercice 2008: excellente performance, perspectives favorables

Desmontando lo insostenible

Germany publishes online map of GM cultivation

Verticillium wilt and sclerotinia on oilseed rape in the United Kingdom

UFOP-Information zur Winterrapsaussaat 2008: Signale für Rapsanbau in Deutschland stehen auf „Grün“

First report of Tomato torrado virus in Hungary

Hintergrundinformation: Bienenverluste durch insektizide Saatgutbehandlungsmittel in Deutschland 2008

Online-Standortregister des BVL stellt Flächen mit gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen jetzt auch auf Karte dar

Nature analiza los diez años de cultivo de maíz Bt en España

Limagrain, through its plant breeding subsidiary Vilmorin & Cie, purchases a 25% minority interest in Australian Grain Technologies (AGT)
Vilmorin renforce son expertise en blé en entrant au capital d'Australian Grain Technologies

Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen bietet Imkern gemeinsames Monitoring während Rapsaussaat an

Proteome Systems grants exclusive license to Bayer CropScience for the use of PXL’s DiagnostIQ test device for innovative applications in two agricultural fields

Cyst nematodes on potato in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia

La Comisaria europea de Agricultura pide una mayor tolerancia de los OMGs en la UE

European Food Safety Authority - Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms:
- Request from the European Commission related to the safeguard clause invoked by Greece on maize MON810 according to Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC
- Request from the European Commission related to the safeguard clause invoked by Hungary on maize MON810 according to Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC
- Application (reference EFSA-GMO-NL-2006-36) for the placing on the market of the glyphosate-tolerant genetically modified soybean MON89788, for food and feed uses, import and processing under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Monsanto

European Food Safety Authority concludes that national bans on MON810 are not scientifically substantiated

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada bi-weekly bulletin: Russia

RR69 Turnip yellows virus (syn. Beet western yellows virus), an emerging threat to European oilseed rape production

Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen erwartet Winterrapsanbau zur Ernte 2009 oberhalb von 1,5 Millionen Hektar

Research and Markets announces the "European Biofuels Market" report

España: Gobierno dice que basa sus decisiones sobre transgénicos en el principio de precaución

Bayer CropScience launches new patented fingerprint authentification technique: Qualidate to combat illegal trade and counterfeiting
Bayer CropScience führt neue patentierte Technik zur Echtheitsprüfung ein: Mit Qualidate illegalen Handel und Fälschungen bekämpfen

American Soybean Association urges EU Commission to find practical solution for the low level presence of biotech traits not yet approved in the European Union

Cereal diseases: Septoria on wheat in the UK

La Présidence française de l'Union Européenne lance un groupe de travail pour renforcer l’évaluation des OGM à l’échelle européenne
Francia crea un grupo de trabajo para reforzar el control de los OGM en la UE

Barenbrug supplier of grass in Beijing Olympics Stadium

Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) to be held in Ireland

Destruction de trois parcelles expérimentales d'OGM en France

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Glycogen phosphorylase use for production of potato plants with increased starch levels
- Evaluation of economic parameters of biotech maize DAS-59122-7 (referred as 59122) and MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 (NK603)

Member States of the European Union agree in principle to abolish obligatory set-aside

Soutien unanime à la recherche sur les OGM : un marché de dupes ?

KWS Saat AG investiert am Standort Einbeck

June 08

European Union Commission directive 2008/62/EC of 20 June 2008 providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties

Automating DNA isolation from cereal crops with Tecan’s magnetic bead technology

Leading British plant breeder John Bingham opens new cambridge labs at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB)

InnoPlanta AGIL und Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. fürchten nachhaltige Schäden für Wirtschaftsstandort - Feldzerstörungen dürfen nicht länger toleriert werden

First report of Maize dwarf mosaic virus in Poland

European Commission's Joint Research Centre produces first large-scale study on the agronomic and economic performance of a genetically modified crop cultivated in the European Union
El Centro Común de Investigación de la Comisión Europea publica el primer estudio sobre el rendimiento agronómico y económico a gran escala de un cultivo modificado genéticamente de la UE

General Assembly of EuropaBio confirms Willy De Greef as new Secretary General to lead association

France: Biodiversité cultivée : L'Europe fait un premier pas avec la directive sur les variétés de conservation - Les professionnels des semences font des propositions suite au 'Grenelle'

Über 800 Landwirte verurteilen blinden Vandalismus und bekennen sich zum Fortschritt in der Landwirtschaft - Feldzerstörungen verhindern Fortschritt

Limagrain trakteert relaties op themadag in de polder

Un total de 75 nuevas empresas biotecnológicas nacieron en 2007

Samexistensregler färdiga för odling av GMO

Germain's Technology Group appoints new Customer Services Manager and Production Manager at its Dutch production site

New Sales Manager at Seed Processing Holland BV

Sale of the home garden activities: Vilmorin postpones finalization of its agreement with Plan SAS and accompanies financial reorganization of Flora Frey
Cession des activités grand public: Vilmorin reporte la finalisation de son accord avec Plan SAS et accompagne la restructuration financière de Flora Frey

Breakthrough in plant medicine production at Wageningen UR

DuPont and Syngenta enter into crop protection technology exchange

BASF and Monsanto enter into agreement for new fungicide seed treatment solution in soybeans
BASF und Monsanto schliessen Vertrag über neue Fungizid-Saatgutbeize für Sojabohnen

Syngenta receives approval for Bt11 corn in Brazil
Liberada a comercialização de mais uma variedade de milho transgênico
Brasil autoriza el cultivo del maíz Bt 11

S&G issues the 9th edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of peppers

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Application to perform complementary field trials with Syngenta’s Bt11 x GA21 stacked maize product in Spain (2008-2010)
- Registration Field Trials of Sugar beet tolerant to glyphosate
- Registration Field trials of Bt11 maize (2008)
- Field trials of Bt11 maize (2008)

Kolloquium zu Biopatenten eröffnet

Belgium Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) and KeyGene sign AFLP license agreement

Deutsches Weidelgras KUBUS zugelassen

Neubewertung der Agrarrohstoffe stimuliert die Sortenentwicklung

Abierto el plazo de inscripción para el Máster en Seguridad, Biotecnología e Innovación Alimentaria

BASF and Nidera unveil new CLEARFIELD sunflower trait – CLHA-Plus
Basf y Nidera presentan un nuevo girasol tolerante a herbicida

Five of the eight stadiums of EURO 2008 in Austria and Switzerland have pitches made of grass supplied by Barenbrug

Inauguration of Bayer ’s pilot facility for the “production of medicinal products in tobacco plants”
Bayer-Pilotanlage zur „Herstellung von Medikamenten in Tabakpflanzen“

Bayer CropScience opens rice research laboratory in Singapore
Bayer CropScience eröffnet Reis-Forschungslabor in Singapur

Climate change information sheet published on the Farming Futures website

Monsanto Company completes acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds
Monsanto rondt overname De Ruiter Seeds
La empresa Monsanto completa la adquisición propuesta de De Ruiter Seeds

Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. beendet die Rahmenregelung Saat- und Pflanzgut

First report of Tomato apical stunt viroid in Finland

Développer la génomique du blé et de l’orge pour améliorer la sélection et la création de nouvelles variétés - Lancement de TriticeaeGenome, un projet de recherche européen coordonné par l'INRA

Organic and fair trade fresh produce sales rocketing in Europe

Le riz en Afrique : quatre organismes de recherche français et africains renforcent leur collaboration

VIB and Bayer join forces for plant research

Deutsches Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit ordnet das Ruhen der Zulassung für Saatgutbehandlungsmittel an
German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety orders suspension of authorisation for seed disinfectants

Deutsches Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit verpflichtet Bayer zur Beobachtung der mit dem Pflanzenschutzmittel "Poncho" behandelten Äcker - Untersuchung von Maispflanzen auf Rückstände des Pflanzenschutzmittelwirkstoffs Clothianidin soll erneute Schäden an Bienenvölkern verhindern

Wachstumsmarkt Agrarwirtschaft: Pflanzenzüchter sind gefordert

Marian Fischer-Böel “Es necesario agilizar los trámites de aprobación de OMG destinados al cultivo dentro de la UE”

Sakata to acquire gerbera breeding program from Varinova B.V.

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified DAS-Ø15Ø7-1xMON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize (4-year program 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6xDAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6xDAS-Ø15Ø7-1xDAS-59122-7 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Official trials for registration of maize varieties resistant to certain Lepidopteran insect pests
- Field trials with glyphosate herbicide tolerant cotton transformation event GHB614 for agronomic, nutritional and toxicological evaluation
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize event GA21 (Continuation)
- Field trials with herbicide tolerant and insect resistance cotton transformation event GHB119 for agronomic, nutritional and toxicological evaluation
- Field trials with herbicide tolerant and insect resistance cotton transformation event T304-40 for agronomic, nutritional and toxicological evaluation
- Agronomic evaluation of genetically modified cotton variety, herbicide resistance
- Agronomic evaluation of genetically modified cotton variety, insect resistance
- Release of maize plants with event Nk-603 to perform the necesary agronomic and identification trials required for the inclusion of maize varieties in the Spanish Registry of Commercial Varieties (Registro Español de Variedades Comerciales)
- Release of maize plants with eventS NK603 and MON810 combined to perform the necesary agronomic and identification trials required for the inclusion of maize varieties in the Spanish Registry of Commercial Varieties (Registro Español de Variedades Comerciales)

Neue Versuchsreihe zu Bt-Mais mit „doppelter Resistenz“

Bt-Mais: Weniger Schädlingsfraß, weniger Mykotoxine

Forschungsförderung bei nachwachsenden Rohstoffen gesichert - EU-Kommission genehmigt Förderprogramm des deutschen Bundesministeriums für Landwirtschaft

European Crop Protection Association launches online platform to capture the debate on pesticides

Union Européenne: vers une meilleure efficacité du processus d’homologation des OGM? - Les professionnels des semences et de la protection des plantes attendent de l’Europe plus de consensus et d’efficacité.

Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics in Barcelona, Spain to use 454 sequencing for melon research

Vilmorin clôture avec succés son émission d'obligations à options de conversion et/ou d'échange en actions nouvelles ou existantes
Vilmorin has successfully concluded the issuance of bonds convertible into and/or exchangeable for new or existing shares

Belgium: Conventionele koolzaadproef gecontamineerd door niet-toegelaten GGO’s
Essai de colza conventionnel contaminé par des OGM non autorisés

May 08

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada bi-weekly bulletin: Ukraine

European Union Council stalls pesticide review

Romer Labs participates at the 1st Global Conference on GMO Analysis

KeyGene and the U.S. Department of Agriculture sign long-term collaboration on pepper research

Further registration for the fungicidal substance Fluopicolide in Europe: Bayer CropScience´s Infinito receives registration in Belgium
Weitere Zulassung für fungiziden Wirkstoff Fluopicolide in Europa: Infinito von Bayer CropScience in Belgien zugelassen

KWS Saat AG – Erfreuliche Geschäftsentwicklung in den ersten neun Monaten
KWS Saat AG – Positive performance in the first nine months

Evogene to collaborate with Vilmorin for tomato yield improvement

BASF Crop Protection outpaces market growth in Eastern Europe
BASF Crop Protection wächst in Osteuropa schneller als der Markt

European Food Safety Authority: Response to the request from the European Commission on the nonauthorised genetically modified event DAS 59132-8 in US maize - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms

BASF Plant Science and Academia Sinica (Taipei) to cooperate on gene discovery
BASF Plant Science und Academia Sinica (Taipei) vereinbaren Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Genentdeckung

XBEET, Germain’s novel seed priming technology for sugar beet, is launched in the United Kingdom

Monsanto and Syngenta reach royalty-bearing licensing agreement on Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybean technology

Syngenta and Monsanto reach agreement on corn and soybean technologies

Limagrain unveils new structure for its vegetable seed operations - Harris Moran (USA) to link with Clause (France) and Marco Polo (Thailand)

Quels végétaux et quels systèmes de production durables pour la biomasse dans l’avenir ?

France: La loi sur les OGM enfin adoptée
- Le projet de loi OGM a été adopté par l’Assemblée nationale
- El Parlamento francés aprueba el proyecto sobre los OGM

CCFRA research provides new insight into wheat functionality to help breeders improve its processing quality

La agricultura debe recuperar los niveles de rentabilidad que nunca debía haber perdido

Vilmorin précise les modalités de son désengagement du marché grand public
Vilmorin provides more details of the terms of its withdrawal from the home garden market

Le Conseil fédéral helvétique souhaite prolonger le moratoire sur les OGM dans l'agriculture
Bundesrat will Moratorium "gentechnikfreie Landwirtschaft" verlängern
Il Consiglio federale intende prorogare la moratoria sugli OGM in agricoltura

Pflanzenzüchtung schafft genetische Vielfalt

Michel Barnier réaffirme sa vigilance dans le suivi de l'utilisation du Cruiser

Seed and young plant health was the central feature of a three day international meeting at De Ruiter Seeds

Aresa har opnået tilladelse fra de serbiske myndigheder til udsåning af transgene tobaksplanter til detektion af sprængstoffer
Aresa obtains permission from the Serbian authorities to plant transgenic tobacco for the detection of explosives

Dr Andries Koops appointed as manager of the business unit Bioscience of Plant Research International

Bayer CropScience's Folicur protects against harvest losses caused by Ug99
Mit Folicur Ernteverluste durch Ug99 verhindern

Devgen reports progress for its business activities in line with plan

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Field testing continuation under official supervision for characterization of genetically modified corn varieties derived from NK603 line, and tolerant to glyphosate
- Field testing continuation under official supervision, for characterization of genetically modified corn varieties NK603 x MON 810, tolerant to glyphosate and protected against corn borers
- Field testing under official supervision for characterization of genetically modified corn MON 88017, tolerant to glyphosate and protected against Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera)

Organic agriculture in Italy

Icelandic biotechnology company launches unique Orfeus protein production system in barley

9 Jahre Hybridweizen - ein Erfahrungsbericht aus der Praxis

DuPont and Genencor create world-leading cellulosic ethanol company - Joint venture combines companies’ strengths in the development and deployment of second generation ethanol from non-food feedstocks to address $75 billion market opportunity

First hybrid rice variety worldwide resistant to bacterial leaf blight: Bayer CropScience launches new high-yielding rice variety in India
Weltweit erster gegen Bakterienbrand resistenter Hybridreis: Bayer CropScience führt neue Hochertrags-Reissorte in Indien ein

Fünf neue Wintergetreidesorten der Saaten-Union zugelassen

Saaten-Union mit umfangreicher Leistungsschau auf DLG-Feldtagen 2008 vertreten - Sorten für mehr Ertrag und Sicherheit

Nauwelijks vermenging tussen genetisch gemodificeerde maïs en gangbare maïs

“No es posible imaginar el progreso en medicina y agricultura sin la biotecnología”

Discussion paper of German ag-industry about EU biotech policy implications

Las Cortes de Aragón rechazan declarar la región libre de transgénicos

Plant Bioscience enters into a major licence agreement with a leading plant biotechnology company on the Flavodoxin technology, a new technology for enhancing the performance of crops

The impact of using GM insect resistant maize in Europe since 1998

Sterk groeiende vraag naar graszaad-coating Headstart

United Kingdom approves Leeds University GM potato trial

Spain: experience with Bt maize
La experiencia española con el maíz BT

European Commission procrastinates on GMOs while millions of farmers worldwide are growing them
- La Comisión Europea retrasa el debate sobre los OGM

Vilmorin: Progression du chiffre d'affaires du 3ème trimestre 2007-2008 : + 17,5 % à données comparables
Increase in sales for the 3rd quarter of 2007-2008: + 17.5% like for like

La Comisión Europea discutirá esta semana si debe cambiar su política sobre los transgénicos

Tally Zangy joins the sales department of Seed Processing Holland

Producing and marketing malting barley - A new section on the website of HGCA

HGCA and BASF publish comprehensive guide to cereal pathogens in the UK

April 08

Resistenter Mais gegen Maiswurzelbohrer jetzt in offizieller ungarischen Wertprüfung

Warning over virulent strain of late blight on potato in Scotland

Official opening of new De Ruiter Seeds site in China

KWS legt Forschungsversuch auf besetztem Feld in Northeim an - Mehr als 450 Mitarbeiter stehen für Forschungsfreiheit am Standort Deutschland ein

La mejora vegetal, una ciencia de futuro

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Experimental release of genetically modified tobacco into the environment
- Ecological relevance of potentially defensive genes during the interaction between Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade) and environmental factors

GM barley trial field occupied by protesters in Giessen, Germany
Feldbesetzung in Gießen
- Studentische Initiative für unabhängige Forschung - "Der Versuchsanbau war Wissenschaft zum Anfassen"

Update on fungal diseases on cereals in the UK and Ireland

GM crops must become part of cereals sector tool kit, says the British National Beef Association

KeyGene InnovatorsClub: a new strategic initiative for small and medium-sized plant breeding enterprises

Deutschland: Feldzerstörungen sind inakzeptabel und strafbar, sagt Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister Seehofer

BASF enters a challenging 2008 with a record first quarter

INCOTEC reaches agreement with Lantmännen to acquire SeedGard (ThermoSeed)

Syngenta holds its Annual General Meeting

Syngenta: Q1 2008 sales: Capturing opportunity in expanding markets
Umsatz 1. Quartal 2008: Wachstumspotential in expandierenden Märkten nutzen
Chiffre d’affaires du premier trimestre 2008: Syngenta réalise les opportunités des marchés en expansion

Forum Global Change & Biotechnology open for discussion
Lancering discussieforum Global Change & Biotechnologie

Uiendemoveld van Nickerson-Zwaan gezaaid

Weltmarktführer bescheinigt KWS gutes Qualitäts- und Umwelt-management - Integriertes Managementsystem nach umfangreicher Prüfung zertifiziert

Biotech industry supports 10% biofuels targets set out by the European Commission as being sustainable

BASF calls on EU Commissioner Dimas to approve Amflora
BASF fordert EU-Kommissar Dimas zur Genehmigung von Amflora auf

Syngenta to build major global biotech research center in Beijing, China
Syngenta errichtet globales Biotech-Forschungszentrum in Peking
Syngenta va construire un grand centre mondial de recherche biotechnologique à Pékin

Bayer CropScience to enforce its Mefenpyr patent
Bayer CropScience will Mefenpyr-Patent durchsetzen

MWG Biotech expands capacities with a second Genome Sequencer FLX system to address the growing sequencing demand

KWS bietet Feldbesetzern Dialog an: Keine dauerhafte Hinnahme der Besetzung – Versuche werden wie geplant durchgeführt

Willy De Greef appointed New Secretary General of EuropaBio

Forschung für die Zukunft – in Deutschland nicht erwünscht? Kleine, so genannte „Gendreck-weg-Gruppe“ stellt sich der Innovation für die Landwirte in den Weg

Nature analiza los cultivos transgénicos en España

KWS LOCHOW GMBH baut Sortiment aus - Zulassung leistungsstarker Roggen-, Gersten-, Weizen- und Triticalesorten

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Official variety testing of NK 603 Roundup Ready® corn hybrid for economical evaluation

El proyecto de ley sobre organismos MG divide al Gobierno francés

Three leading potato starch producers see amylopectin starch from genetically enhanced potatoes as a commercial opportunity and see no reason to withhold Amflora approval
Die drei führenden Kartoffelstärkehersteller sehen für Amylopek-tinstärke aus gentechnisch veränderten Kartoffeln wirtschaftliches Potenzial und keinen Grund, die Genehmigung von Amflora weiter hinauszuzögern

ISTA GMO Detection Workshop to be held in June 2008

Aragón apoya la aprobación de nuevas variedades de maíz transgénico

Evaluation of the European legislation governing the marketing of seeds and plant propagating material within the European Union

Fungal diseases on oilseed rape in the United Kingdom and Canada

S&G issues the 8th edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of peppers

Bayer CropScience supports British Fresh Produce Consortium: Eat in Colour - The tasty route to healthy nutrition Program to increase consumption of fruit and vegetables
Bayer CropScience unterstützt Fresh Produce Consortium in Großbritannien: "Eat in Colour" - der schmackhafte Weg zu gesunder Ernährung Initiative für einen höheren Obst- und Gemüseverzehr

Alemania aprueba los ensayos de campo con patata y azúcar modificada genéticamente

Genoma España abre la convocatoria para la creación de proyectos sobre biotecnología

Light leaf spot on oilseed rape in Ireland and the UK

Syngenta: Preliminary first quarter 2008 sales
Vorläufige Umsätze des ersten Quartals 2008
Chiffre d’affaires préliminaire du premier trimestre 2008

European Food Safety Authority: Mandates related to the environmental risk assessment of GM plants

Deutsches Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz genehmigt Versuche der KWS Saat AG mit herbizid-toleranten Zuckerrüben

OGM en France: enfin le débat

Desciende el precio del maíz en España tras la aprobación del GA21

March 08

Monsanto Company announces agreement to acquire De Ruiter Seeds, a leading global vegetable seed company
Monsanto maakt akkoord bekend over overname van De Ruiter Seeds, een wereldwijd toonangevend groentezadenbedrijf

Plant Heath Care PLC publishes results for the year ended 31 December 2007

Bei der Bekämpfung des Rapsglanzkäfers im Frühjahr 2008 Bienenschutz besonders berücksichtigen

EU Commission approves GA21 maize
La UE aprueba la importación del maíz GA21

European Food Safety Authority: Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms on a request from the Commission related to the notification (Reference C/NL/06/01) for the placing on the market of the genetically modified carnation Moonaqua 123.8.12 with a modified colour, for import of cut flowers for ornamental use, under Part C of Directive 2001/18/EC from Florigene

Cesfac prevé la aprobación del maíz OGM GA21 en UE el 28 de marzo

COPA/COGECA Workshop Eiweißpflanzen: Steigerung der Produktion als echte Herausforderung für Europa

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize event GA21 to be carried out between 2008 and 2012

Wageningen UR: Biological soil disinfestation increases asparagus production by 50 percent

Report of Iris yellow spot virus on onion in Germany

Fungal pathogens on wheat in England, United Kingdom

France: La décision d’interdiction des cultures de maïs OGM confirmée par le Conseil d’Etat
- French supreme court confirms ban on MON810

Führungswechsel bei der Gemeinschaft zur Förderung der privaten deutschen Pflanzenzüchtung e.V.

Liberté de choix des maïsiculteurs français : il y avait pourtant urgence !

Kleine Helfer im Genom koordinieren die Pflanzenabwehr - Max-Planck-Wissenschaftler heben den auf kleinen RNAs verborgenen "Wortschatz", der die Abwehr von Pflanzen gegen Schädlinge dirigiert

Nickerson-Zwaan ontvangt Russische delegatie

France: Lettre relative au projet de loi sur les OGM, envoyée aux députés français par le président de la Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles

France: Suspension de la mise en culture et de la mise sur le marché d’OGM

Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit: AO Plantenveredelingstechnieken van 5 februari 2008

Semena SA, filiale du groupe KWS, signe du nom commercial de KWS Suisse SA

Devgen announces financial results for the year ending December 31, 2007, presents important steps towards future growth

La paléo-génomique ou comment reconstruire l’histoire des génomes des céréales sur 90 millions d’années pour l’amélioration des variétés de demain

France: Catalogue et semences de ferme : le GNIS répond à la Confédération paysanne

European biotech industry sets the record straight on biofuels and outlines contribution of biotech to a low-carbon society

Deutschland: UFOP-Vorstand fordert stärkere finanzielle Anreize für heimische Körnerleguminosen im Rahmen des Health Check der EU-Agrarpolitik

Amflora potato: not this year

Wageningen scientist discovers genes that increase yield on marginal soils

Traitement fongicide biologique à la vapeur pour les semences de légumes
Mit Dampf schädliche Pilze bekämpfen

German Bundesrat finally approves amendment of the German genetech law

"Safety and Nutritional Assessment of GM Plants and derived food and feed: The role of animal feeding trials" - EFSA Report on animal feeding trials in GM plant evaluation published in peer-reviewed scientific journal

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize MIR604 Maize
- Application for review of authorization conditions for the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified herbicide tolerant GA21 maize (Field Trials)
- Application for review of authorization conditions for the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified insect resistant Bt11 maize (Field Trials)
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize and herbicide tolerant Bt11xMIR604xGA21 maize
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize and herbicide tolerant Bt11xGA21 maize
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 88017 maize, tolerant to glyphosate and protected against Corn Root Worm (Diabrotica virgifera) for the use in field trials in Romania
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034 maize for the use in field trials in Romania.
- The photosynthetic genome

A novel path in Spanish fresh produce production: BASF and its partners to meet consumer demands
Neue Wege in der spanischen Obst- und Gemüseproduktion: BASF und seine Partner erfüllen Anforderungen der Verbraucher

100 Jahre Gemeinschaft zur Förderung der privaten deutschen Pflanzenzüchtung e.V. - Pflanzenzüchter forschen für die Zukunft

EBRD and FAO call for bold steps to contain soaring food prices - Moves needed now to unlock unused agricultural potential in Eastern Europe

BASF launches two crop protection active ingredients
BASF bringt zwei neue Pflanzenschutzwirkstoffe auf den Markt

Germain’s Technology Group appoints a new European Horticulture Sales and Marketing Manager

DuPont sees large growth opportunities for seed business in Eastern Europe

France: Résultats de la consultation des agriculteurs de Terrena - prudence sur les ogm, changements dans les pratiques agricoles

Appointment of Frank Barenbrug as Member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Barenbrug Group

Vermoedelijke bron Clavibacter besmettingen vastgesteld

Initiative on biotech labeling rejected by Romanian Senate

Onafhankelijke jury unaniem: Dieuwertje van der Does winnares Rijk Zwaan Plant Sciences Award 2007
Independent jury unanimous: Dieuwertje van der Does wins Rijk Zwaan Plant Sciences Award 2007

Syngenta successfully issues CHF 500 million domestic bond
Syngenta platziert Inlandsanleihe im Wert von CHF 500 Millionen
Syngenta émet avec succès une obligation domestique pour un montant de CHF 500 millions

Video and audio podcasts of the HGCA Milling Wheat Conference 2008 available for a limited time

Fundación Antama presenta su nuevo portal en YouTube

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of glyphosate tolerant H7-1 sugarbeet for the use in field trials in Castilla y León (Spain)

February 08

Takii acquires a 100% share in Danish flower seed company Global Flowers A/S

Christophe Terrain, presidente de la Asociación Francesa de Productores de Maíz (AGPM): “Pensamos que, desde el respeto a la reglas, producir maíz Bt es posible”

KWS SAAT AG – Umsatz steigt durch gutes Wintergetreide- und -rapsgeschäft
KWS SAAT AG – higher sales from good winter cereal and rapeseed business

Bacterial diseases on tomatoes in Holland, Italy

UFOP-Projekt zur Entwicklung eines Entscheidungshilfesystems zur Anthracnose-Bekämpfung bei Blauen Süßlupinen

What UK farmers think about genetically modified crops

Les professionnels français des semences veulent s'investir dans la fondation pour la biodiversité

Vilmorin: Progression du résultat opérationnel semestriel au 31 décembre 07: + 18 millions d'euros à données comparables
Increase of half-yearly operating income on December 31, 2007 - Up by 18 million euros like for like

Neue Herausforderungen für die biologische Sicherheitsforschung: BMBF-Tagung zur Umweltsicherheit gentechnisch veränderter Pflanzen

Herausragende Kulturpflanzenforschung in Quedlinburg - Minister Seehofer eröffnet Julius Kühn-Institut

HGCA R&D conference 'Arable Cropping in a Changing Climate'

Internationale genenbank op Spitsbergen

Fundación Antama ofrece en exclusiva, por primera vez en castellano, el vídeo didáctico editado por EuropaBío titulado ‘La Revolución Invisible’

Interdiction du maïs Bt en France: L’Association Générale des Producteurs de Maïs attaquent devant le Conseil d’Etat
Los productores franceses impugnan ante el Consejo de Estado la moratoria

First reports of new hosts of pospiviroids in Europe

L’INRA recrute 240 cadres et techniciens dans de nombreux métiers et à tous les niveaux : du CAP au doctorat

Approval of GMO crops: US and EU seek agreement, EU farmers’ associations press for speed

First report of Iris yellow spot virus on lisianthus in Suffolk, United Kingdom

Italy: 67% of farmers are ready to grow GMOs immediately, says a Demoskopea survey presented in Milan for the Italian biotech association Assobiotec on "maize growers' preception of GMOs in the Italian region of Lombardy"
El 67% de los agricultores italianos están dispuestos a cultivar inmediatamente OMGs

New record year 2007 gives BASF confidence for 2008
Neue Bestmarken in 2007 geben BASF Zuversicht für 2008

KWS Saat AG Mais: Sortenzulassungen 2008

Mendel Biotechnology announces new research partnership with Bayer CropScience

Deutsches Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerium setzt Neuberechnung der Ökoprämien zugunsten der Biobauern durch

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Effects of stacked Bt-maize with ECB and WCR resistance genes on non-target organisms
- Weed control strategies in Maize
- Monitoring of Key Non-Target Arthropods in Transgenic Maize Lines Containing Events DP-Ø9814Ø-6, DP-Ø9814Ø-6 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1, and DP-Ø9814Ø-6 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × DAS-59122-7
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of NK603 maize, for use in field trials in Slovakia

Se presenta en Madrid el CBGP, un nuevo centro puntero en genómica de plantas

Teagasc – 50 years of research

Eduardo Negre appointed General Manager of G.T.G. España Seed Coating and Enhancement Services S.A.

Syngenta, DuPont sign agreement for access to broad insect control technology in corn
Syngenta und DuPont unterzeichnen Vereinbarung über die Technologie einer breiteren Insektenbekämpfung in Mais
Syngenta et DuPont signent un accord pour l’accès à un caractère biotechnologique permettant de lutter contre de nombreux insectes ravageurs du maïs

Potato Amflora: BASF expects green light from EU Commission
Amflora: BASF erwartet grünes Licht von EU-Kommission

España: Los productores de maíz reclaman poder desarrollar la biotecnología "con libertad"

German biotechnology law jumps last hurdle

Zuckerrübe: Drei Neuzulassungen - Die neuen Überflieger kommen von KWS!

World GM plantings concern European grain, oilseed crushers and feed trade

Alles over uien op nieuwe website uienzaden.nl

Neues Gentechnikgesetz als Chance begreifen, sagt deutscher Bundesverbraucherminister

Successful launch of climate neutral products with TÜV certification

BASF: „Europäische Landwirte brauchen Zugang zu modernen Technologien“
BASF: “Give Europe’s farmers access to advanced technology”

Assemblée générale du Groupe Euralis

France: Semences de lin - La profession rassure les liniculteurs mais incite à la prudence

France struggles with its attitude towards biotechnology

European Union: Proposals to authorise GM soybean A2704-12 and cotton LL25 to be transmitted to the Council

European Commission requires certification for Chinese rice products to stop unauthorised GMO from entering the EU

Reports of brassica diseases in Turkey and Nepal

Schweizerisches Bundesamt für Umwelt bewilligt drei Freisetzungsversuche mit gentechnisch veränderten Organismen der Universität Zürich und der ETH Zürich unter strengen Auflagen
L'Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV) autorise, sous certaines conditions très strictes, trois demandes de dissémination expérimentale d'organismes génétiquement modifiés déposées par l'Université de Zurich et l'EPF de Zurich
Swiss Federal Department of the Environment approves applications by the University of Zurich and the ETH to sowed GM wheat experimentally in the spring at the Agricultural Research Institute of Zurich-Reckenholz

BASF Crop Protection introduces development pipeline herbicide to scientific community
BASF Crop Protection stellt Wissenschaftlern neues Entwicklungspipeline-Herbizid vor

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification for the field testing of spring oilseedrape (Brassica napus) genetically modified for improved oil composition in the seed

New strain of yellow rust (stripe rust) in Denmark

La France notifie la clause de sauvegarde du maïs MON810 à la Commission européenne

Nunhems’ Intense tomato wins Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008
Intense-Tomate von Nunhems gewinnt Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008

France: Arrêté du 7 février 2008 suspendant la mise en culture des variétés de semences de maïs génétiquement modifié (Zea mays L. lignée MON 810)

Bayer CropScience at Fruit Logistica 2008 in Berlin - Successful partnerships all round: from producer to consumer, company presents international food chain partnership projects
Bayer CropScience auf der Fruit Logistica 2008 in Berlin - Erfolgreiche Partnerschaften für alle: vom Erzeuger bis zum Verbraucher Unternehmen stellt internationale Food Chain Partnership-Projekte vor

Syngenta 2007 annual results - Performance reflects unique position in buoyant agricultural markets
Syngenta Jahresabschluss 2007 - Geschäftsergebnis spiegelt ausgezeichnete Stellung in positivem Marktumfeld wider
Résultat de l’exercice 2007 - La performance du groupe reflète sa position unique sur des marchés agricoles florissants

Los transgénicos, un paso evolutivo en la producción agraria

Euralis fixe le cap à 2012

Intense - A Tomato, that does not lose its juice
Intense - Die Tomate, die den Fruchtsaft nicht verliert

El área de cultivo de OGM en Portugal superó las 4.000 hectáreas en 2007

KWS und van Rijn gründen internationales Joint Venture für Züchtung, Produktion und Vertrieb von Pflanzkartoffeln

Agrobiodiversiteit beter benutten voor een duurzame landbouw

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize event GA21 to be carried out between 2008 and 2010
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize

France: La clause de sauvegarde - décryptage d’une procédure

German Parliament amends biotechnology law

Lochow-Petkus gibt Umfirmierung und Markenwechsel bekannt - Seit dem 1. Februar 2008 tritt das Bergener Getreidezüchtungsunternehmen als KWS LOCHOW GMBH auf
Lochow-Petkus changes its company name to KWS Lochow GmbH

January 08

Worldwide access to Community plant variety rights

France: Insecticide Cruiser - une mise sur le marché surveillée et évaluée

Analyse par la société Monsanto de l'avis sur la dissémintaion du MON 810 sur le territoire français rendu par le Comité de préfiguration d'une Haute Autorité sur les OGM le 9 janvier 2008
Analysis by Monsanto of the opinion on the dissemination of MON 810 on the French territory by the Committee of Prefiguration of a High Authority on GM Organisms on January 9, 2008

Semences : la France en pleine contradiction

Portugal: Area de cultivo de OGM’s cresce 330% en relação a 2006 - Niveis de contaminação insignificantes (<0,4% quando a máxima permitida é de <0,9%)

European Food Safety Authority works with Member States on best approaches to GMO risk assessment

Deutschland: Für die Frühjahrsaussaat Körnerleguminosen, Sonnenblumen und Sommerraps intensiv in die Planungen einbeziehen

S&G issues the seventh edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of peppers

Viruses on potatoes in Scotland

Vilmorin annonce son chiffre d'affaires semestriel 2007-2008: +15.5% à données comparables
Half-yearly sales for 2007-2008: + 15.5% like for like
Vilmorin meldet für das erste Halbjahr des Geschäftsjahres 2007/2008 einen bereinigten Umsatzansteig von 15,5 %

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034, MON 88017 and MON 89034 × MON 88017 maize, for the use in field trials in Slovakia
- Monitoring of key non-target arthropods in transgenic maize lines containing events GAT-R11-A, GAT-R11-A × 1507, and GAT-R11-A × 1507 × 59122

Premier inventaire des espèces invasives animales et végétales en Europe

Perspectives de prix élevés du pois et de la féverole français en nouvelle récolte 2008 pour des marchés acheteurs

First reports of root-knot nematodes on vegetables in Montenegro

Poland may not ban genetically modified plants

Bundesregierung verhindert die Nutzung von Innovationen - Pflanzenzüchter sehen Standortnachteile für die deutsche Landwirtschaft

Zierpflanzenzüchter und Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. stärken Zusammenarbeit

EuropaBio supports Europe's renewable energy directive and its sustainability criteria for biofuels

BASF Plant Science and National Institute of Biological Sciences (China) enter cooperation and license agreement
BASF Plant Science und das National Institute of Biological Sciences (China) beschließen Zusammenarbeit und Lizenzvereinbarung

Debate over GMOs rages on in Europe

Las autoridades españolas establecen un nivel de seguridad, control y transparencia sin precedentes en la agricultura OMG

Teagasc conference discusses cereal prospects in a new era

Tomato spotted wilt virus threatens pepper recovery in Almeria, Spain

El uso de transgénicos en biocombustibles es una perspectiva de progreso, conveniencia y necesidad

Bayer CropScience at Fruit Logistica 2008 in Berlin: Fruits and vegetables with more intensive flavors - Company presents Flavour Guarantee project from Brazil
Bayer CropScience auf der Fruit Logistica 2008 in Berlin: Obst und Gemüse mit intensiverem Geschmack - Unternehmen stellt "Flavour Guarantee"-Projekt aus Brasilien vor

The western corn rootworm: on its way to European maize fields

Syngenta announces two key appointments

Assemblée générale de l'Association suisse des sélectionneurs

2nd ERA-PG call for proposals: Strengthening the European research in plant genomics, integrating new technologies in plant science

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of glyphosate-tolerant sugar beet (H7-1) for field trials in Germany
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize into the environment
- Quality evaluation of some chosen cucumber transgenic lines with taumatin gene

UFOP-Flächenprognose für deutsche Winterrapsanbau zur Ernte 2008 bestätigt

Statement of the United States Trade Representative on the biotech dispute with the European Union

Deutschland: Strengere Koexistenz-Regeln, laschere Vorschriften bei der "ohne Gentechnik"-Kennzeichnung

France:
- OGM : application du principe de précaution
- Maïs génétiquement modifié : Un beau gâchis !
- French biotech crop decision environmentally unfriendly
- La decisión francesa sobre el maíz transgénico perjudica al medio ambiente
- Frankreich: Anbauverbot für MON810-Mais

“Living Food Quality Together“ - BASF Crop Protection expands successful partnerships
BASF Crop Protection baut erfolgreiche Partnerschaften weiter aus

Nickerson-Zwaan acquires onion activities of Global Genetics
Nickerson-Zwaan neemt uienactiviteiten Global Genetics over

Devgen strengthens management team by appointing Mr. Bipin Solanki as CEO of Devgen Seeds and Crop Technology in India

Offener Umgang mit allen Fragen zur Grünen Gentechnik - Informationsveranstaltung am 24. Januar 2008 in Stöckheim

White paper on the organic food industry in the United States and the European Union

France:
- Le comité de préfiguration d’une Haute Autorité sur les OGM présente ses conclusions sur le maïs Mon 810
- Quelques vérités sur l’avis relatif à un maïs génétiquement modifié
- Les « doutes sérieux » du Président Le Grand : pas sérieux du tout

IJs van Dok, founder of Seed Processing Holland BV, passes away

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Control of potato cyst-nematodes with minimised environmental impact
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize
- Potato plant AV43-6-G7 with reduced amylose content
- Investigation of the influence of genetically modified maize resistant to glyphosate (NK603) on weed population in crop rotation compared with conventional weed control system in maize
- Sugar beet tolerant to glyphosate and resistant to virus disease Rhizomania, Sweden, 2008-2012

Archer Daniels Midland Company, Bayer CropScience and Daimler to cooperate in Jatropha biodiesel project
Zusammenarbeit von Archer Daniels Midland Company, Bayer CropScience und Daimler in Jatropha Biodiesel-Projekt

France: Le projet de loi sur les OGM sera débattu au Sénat à partir du 5 février au Sénat et après les élections municipales à l’Assemblée Nationale

L’INRA recrute 75 jeunes chercheurs

France: Résultats des évaluations du Poncho et du Cruiser

Saaten-Union newsletter:
- Weniger Braugersten Sorten sind mehr!
- Deutscher Braugerstenmarkt: kein "Wackelkandidat" mehr

L’épi du maïs OGM sera-t-il bientôt fauché en France par excès de démagogie?

INRA Transfert and Plant Bioscience Ltd. join forces in plant science technology promotion alliance

Organic 'Urgurke', an initiative of Eosta and Enza Zaden, nominated for Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008
Neue biologische Gurkensorten schlagen an

December 07

Euralis kauft Fabrik in der Ukraine - Investition in moderne Saatgutaufbereitungsanlage

Seed Processing Holland BV, appoints sales manager for China
荷兰种子加工设备有限公司指定负责中国市场的业务经理

Latin America and European Union to collaborate on biotechnology

Netherlands: Mogelijke besmetting met clavibacter in tomatenteelt

Agrisemen B.V. acquires Brussels sprouts program from Seminis

S&G launches www.melontoday.com, the website about the world of melons

S&G issues the 6th edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of peppers

La web del INRA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agronómica de Francia), ahora también en español

Ukraine adopts law on biosafety in creating, testing, transporting and using GM organisms
Украина приняла закон «О государственной системе биобезопасности при создании, испытании, транспортировке и использовании генетически модифицированных организмов»

European Union votes remove requirement for mandatory testing of U.S. long-grain rice for the presence of GE traits

Nunhems new tomato concept Intense nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008 among the 10 most outstanding innovations of the year
Nunhems’ Intense für den Fruit Logistica Innovationspreis 2008 nominiert Nunhems neues Tomatenkonzept Intense ist unter den 10 herausragenden Innovationen des Jahres

USDA/FAS GAIN report:
- Portuguese authorities establish first agriculture biotechnology-free zone
- Russian federal law sets biotech labeling threshold at 0.9 percent
- Registration procedure for GMO feeds in the Russian Federation

France: Maïs - récolte 2007 et marché

Komando, eine neue Winterrapssorte von KWS, wird in Deutschland zugelassen

First reports of Tomato chlorosis virus in southwestern Turkey and in Mayotte Island, France

International Seed Federation arbitration announcement

France: Prévisions pour la campagne commerciale grandes cultures 2007/2008

BASF expects European Union approval of Amflora potato within weeks

Devgen appoints Wim Goemaere as Chief Financial Officer

Plant Health Care and Monsanto sign agreement for the development and commercialization of Harpin-based technology

Innovationsfeindliche Resolution des Rates der Stadt Northeim - KWS befremdet über Ausschlagung von Informationsangeboten

The Netherlands: Nieuwe uitdagingen voor biologische landbouw

Hauptversammlung der KWS SAAT AG - Bestes Geschäftsjahr der Unternehmensgeschichte

Frankreich: Neues Gentechnikgesetz rechtzeitig zum Anbau 2008?

GM crops in Europe: how much value and for whom?
Les cultures génétiquement modifiées en Europe : quels avantages et pour qui?
Genetisch veränderte Feldfrüchte in Europa: Welcher Wert und für wen?

Vilmorin: Assemblée Générale Mixte du 12 décembre 2007

Bayer CropScience’s vegetable seed business Nunhems acquires US lettuce seed company Paragon Seed
Bayer CropScience-Tochter Nunhems erwirbt das US-Saatgutunternehmen Paragon Seed

Antama y Sebiot actualizan el cuaderno divulgativo “Plantas transgénicas”

Bayer CropScience and Euralis Semences form alliance to develop new winter oilseedrape products for the European market
Bayer CropScience und Euralis Semences kooperieren in der Entwicklung neuer Winterrapssorten für Europa

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Biotech conferences in Prague, Czech Republic

France - Journal Officiel:
- Décret instituant un comité de préfiguration d'une haute autorité sur les organismes génétiquement modifiés
- Arrêté suspendant la cession et l'utilisation des semences de maïs MON810

Novozymes Biologicals Holding A/S completes acquisition of Philom Bios Inc.

New strains of late blight on potato in the United Kingdom

France: Betteraves fourragères 2007 - une année atypique mais un intérêt économique qui se confirme

Deutschland: Rechtlage wieder hergestellt - BVL hebt den umstrittenen Bescheid zu MON 810 auf

France: OGM - Une suspension injustifiée

La biotecnología no debe ‘tirar la toalla ni perder la esperanza’

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Application for the release into environment of genetically modified potatoes with altered starch metabolism or with improved resistance to Phytophthora infestans under simplified procedure (2008 - 2012)
- Testing of genetic modified potato plants for late blight resistance.
- Application for the release into the environment of potatoes with altered starch composition (II) according to the Genetically Modified Organisms Decree
- Potato with improved resistance to Phytophthora infestans
- Investigation of genetically modified triticale
- Notification “B” for the field testing of spring oilseed rape (Brassica napus) genetically modified for increased oil content in the seed
- Notification “A” for the field testing of spring oilseed rape (Brassica napus) genetically modified for increased oil content in the seed
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize event GA21 to be carried out between 2008 and 2012

Deutscher Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister: „Energie- und Klimapaket stärkt Bioenergie“
- Bundeskabinett stellt die Weichen in der Biokraftstoffpolitik neu - Ausrichtung der Biokraftstoffförderung an der Treibhausgas-Effizienz

Mariann Fischer Boel, Member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development: Working for success in the EU organic sector

France: Suites du Grenelle - La FNSEA joue le jeu

November 07

Final results of the 2007 HGCA Cereals Quality Survey show reduction in wheat quality

Offizielle Sortenergebnisse bestätigen: KWS Zuckerrübensorten weiterhin führend

KWS Saat AG – guter Geschäftsverlauf im ersten Quartal 2007/2008

Streit um die Anbau-Zulassung zweier Bt-Maislinien - EU-Kommissar Dimas stellt sich gegen seine wissenschaftliche Fachbehörde

European Food Safety Authority: Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms on an application (reference EFSA-GMO-UK-2004-04) for the placing on the market of glufosinate tolerant genetically modified rice LLRICE62 for food and feed uses, import and processing, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Bayer CropScience GmbH

Seedling blight on cereals in the United Kingdom

Turkey - Planting seed annual

Deutscher Landwirtschaftsminister Seehofer: Zulassung gv-Pflanzen allein auf wissenschaftlicher Basis