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2009-02-20 | permalink
GE rice may be in the Chinese market by 2010, says ISAAA
Dr. Randy Hautea, ISAAA global coordinator and its SEAsiaCenter director, told reporters that Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-resistant rice from China ”may be available within 24 months,” or between now and 2010, and Golden Rice by 2012. Hautea made the disclosure last week at the press conference on the global launching of the 2008 Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops report [...] Bt rice is ”extensively field tested in China and awaiting approval by the Chinese regulatory authorities” for commercialization, the report said.
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2009-02-20 | permalink
GE rice may be in the Chinese market by 2010, says ISAAA
Dr. Randy Hautea, ISAAA global coordinator and its SEAsiaCenter director, told reporters that Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-resistant rice from China ”may be available within 24 months,” or between now and 2010, and Golden Rice by 2012. Hautea made the disclosure last week at the press conference on the global launching of the 2008 Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops report [...] Bt rice is ”extensively field tested in China and awaiting approval by the Chinese regulatory authorities” for commercialization, the report said.
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