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2009-05-18 | permalink
Canadian Wheat Board and others cautious about GM wheat
The Canadian Wheat Board won’t support genetically modified wheat until key conditions are in place, including assurances that its overseas markets would accept the crop. [...] The Wheat Board, which opposed Monsanto Co’s application for a herbicide-tolerant GM wheat in 2004, would also want to see a greater benefit, such as resistance to fusarium disease or improved yield and quality, [spokeswoman for the Wheat Board] Fitzhenry said. At present, there’s no way to effectively segregate GM wheat from non-GM wheat, which would be another condition the board would want satisfied, she said.
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2009-05-18 | permalink
Canadian Wheat Board and others cautious about GM wheat
The Canadian Wheat Board won’t support genetically modified wheat until key conditions are in place, including assurances that its overseas markets would accept the crop. [...] The Wheat Board, which opposed Monsanto Co’s application for a herbicide-tolerant GM wheat in 2004, would also want to see a greater benefit, such as resistance to fusarium disease or improved yield and quality, [spokeswoman for the Wheat Board] Fitzhenry said. At present, there’s no way to effectively segregate GM wheat from non-GM wheat, which would be another condition the board would want satisfied, she said.
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