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2009-09-08 | permalink
U.S. researcher develops GE low-gossypol cotton for ”feeding the world’s hungry”
[Dr. Keerti Rathore, the Texas AgriLife Research plant biotechnologist] adds, the greatest obstacle for seeing the variety grown in fields and ultimately feeding the world’s hungry may be legalities. Because the variety is ”genetically modified,” the scientist and AgriLife Research will have to negotiate with others who hold patent rights to some of the basic technologies used to develop this ”ultra-low seed-gossypol” cotton. He will also have to seek approval through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and perhaps other agencies to make it commercially available as seed to farmers.
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2009-09-08 | permalink
U.S. researcher develops GE low-gossypol cotton for ”feeding the world’s hungry”
[Dr. Keerti Rathore, the Texas AgriLife Research plant biotechnologist] adds, the greatest obstacle for seeing the variety grown in fields and ultimately feeding the world’s hungry may be legalities. Because the variety is ”genetically modified,” the scientist and AgriLife Research will have to negotiate with others who hold patent rights to some of the basic technologies used to develop this ”ultra-low seed-gossypol” cotton. He will also have to seek approval through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and perhaps other agencies to make it commercially available as seed to farmers.
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