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2008-12-05 | permalink
Monsanto drought-resistant corn seen ready for the U.S. market by 2012
The St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. may be ready to commercialize a genetically modified corn seed that protects the plant from drought conditions in the U.S. as early as 2012, a company official said Wednesday. Brett Begemann, executive vice president of global commercial for Monsanto, told Dow Jones Newswires that different technologies for different regions of the world are being developed to make corn, soybean and cotton plants that can thrive in dry weather, but the U.S. will be the first commercial market.
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2008-12-05 | permalink
Monsanto drought-resistant corn seen ready for the U.S. market by 2012
The St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. may be ready to commercialize a genetically modified corn seed that protects the plant from drought conditions in the U.S. as early as 2012, a company official said Wednesday. Brett Begemann, executive vice president of global commercial for Monsanto, told Dow Jones Newswires that different technologies for different regions of the world are being developed to make corn, soybean and cotton plants that can thrive in dry weather, but the U.S. will be the first commercial market.
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