GENET-news
To stay informed you can subscribe to the GENET-news list.
2007-03-27 | permalink
”We have 60 years’ experience of propagating wheat seed.”
Several genetically modified wheat lines are currently being tested in a field trial on the site of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben. The IPK also has one of the world’s largest gene banks. Well over a hundred thousand plant specimens, including wheat, have been stored there for years. Every summer, a proportion is planted in the field and propagated. Does the GM wheat trial represent a threat to the gene bank’s work? – GMO Safety spoke to the head of the gene bank, Prof. Andreas Graner.
Overview
News
2007-03-27 | permalink
”We have 60 years’ experience of propagating wheat seed.”
Several genetically modified wheat lines are currently being tested in a field trial on the site of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben. The IPK also has one of the world’s largest gene banks. Well over a hundred thousand plant specimens, including wheat, have been stored there for years. Every summer, a proportion is planted in the field and propagated. Does the GM wheat trial represent a threat to the gene bank’s work? – GMO Safety spoke to the head of the gene bank, Prof. Andreas Graner.
GENET-news & GENET-forum
GENET-news is providing a daily news service on a range of topics regarding genetic engineering. We are screening the worldwide English news, press releases and other publications to provide you with a strategic selection of information. GENET-news enables you to stay informed about all aspects of the global controversy around GE technologies and GE organisms. You can subscribe by 
email.
The GENET-forum list provides you with additional background information and more voluminous reports. It is only open for GENET members. Please contact the coordinator for membership and subscription.