02/09/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com

China finds illegal work on genetically modified corn, cotton seed

BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday it had found eight companies and research institutes that illegally produced or carried out research on genetically modified (GM) seeds. The companies included two seed marketing companies in northeast Liaoning province and two corn breeders in northwest Xinjiang province who were producing GM corn seed. The ministry said seeds were confiscated and the companies fined. China does not permit the production or planting of GM corn.

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Dr. Kalil To Speak On Scab Management In Durum During Wheat Show

At 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the National Hard Spring Wheat Show in Williston, Dr. Audrey Kalil, NDSU Williston Research Extension Center plant pathologist, will be speaking about her research on fusarium head blight (scab) management in durum. Dr. Kalil leads both basic and applied research programs focused on management of plant diseases on...

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