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2009-03-04 | permalink
Cuba eyes biotech corn for tropical climes
Cuba is developing genetically modified corn (maize) that can be used with strong herbicides and are resistant to the boundless appetite of the fall armyworm, a major threat to tropical nations’ corn crops, official media reported Saturday. Scientists at Havana’s Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Center have planted three hectares of the crop in Yaguajay, in central Sancti Spiritus privince, hoping to develop seeds to boost output for human and animal consumption once they get a green light in terms of health, the newspaper Juventud Rebelde said.
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2009-03-04 | permalink
Cuba eyes biotech corn for tropical climes
Cuba is developing genetically modified corn (maize) that can be used with strong herbicides and are resistant to the boundless appetite of the fall armyworm, a major threat to tropical nations’ corn crops, official media reported Saturday. Scientists at Havana’s Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Center have planted three hectares of the crop in Yaguajay, in central Sancti Spiritus privince, hoping to develop seeds to boost output for human and animal consumption once they get a green light in terms of health, the newspaper Juventud Rebelde said.
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