Washington, DC
July 24, 2009
Source:
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW)
"The U.S. wheat industry welcomes the
announcement
today by Monsanto
that it will restart its investment in research on development
of biotechnology traits in wheat.
"The research challenges facing
wheat are well known, as is the importance of this crop to world
food supplies. This announcement comes at a time when basic
research into agronomic improvements to wheat is critically
needed.
"Over the past months and
years, we have repeatedly voiced our support for biotechnology
and outlined appropriate conditions for commercialization. We
have also pressed trait providers to examine this issue
carefully.
"The industry is pleased that
Monsanto and other private technology providers, as well as
publicly-funded institutions such as the Kansas Innovation
Center for Advanced Plant Design and CSIRO in Australia, have
recently announced new wheat research investments, and we urge
other organizations to follow suit."
For more, visit
www.uswheat.org/biotechnology,
www.wheatworld.org/biotech |
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