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2009-11-11 | permalink
Dow AgroSciences and the Holy Grail of perennial corn
Dow AgroSciences is crowing about its recent deal with seed giant Monsanto to introduce corn with eight genetically modified traits—more than any other on the market. Talk about anti-insect. [...] The notion of a perennial corn is still largely a pipe dream, but someone is bound to figure it out. So why shouldn’t Dow AgroSciences get there first and make the killing? The reason, believes one of the world’s leaders in perennial corn research, is that the company has little incentive to try.
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2009-11-11 | permalink
Dow AgroSciences and the Holy Grail of perennial corn
Dow AgroSciences is crowing about its recent deal with seed giant Monsanto to introduce corn with eight genetically modified traits—more than any other on the market. Talk about anti-insect. [...] The notion of a perennial corn is still largely a pipe dream, but someone is bound to figure it out. So why shouldn’t Dow AgroSciences get there first and make the killing? The reason, believes one of the world’s leaders in perennial corn research, is that the company has little incentive to try.
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