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McGill Discovery Should Save Wheat Farmers Millions

October 18, 2013

The global wheat industry sometimes loses as much as $1 billion a year because prolonged rainfall and high humidity contribute to grains germinating before they are fully mature. The result is both a lower yield of wheat and grains of inferior quality.

Researchers Identify Gene That Lets Corn Grow In Poor Conditions

March 15, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Florida

Approximately 30 percent of the world's total land is too acidic to support crop production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, a solution may lie in a strand of corn that is able to grow successfully in acidic soil, thanks to a genetic variation recently identified with help from the University of Florida Genetics Institute.

Soybean Researchers Identify Gene Needed For Nematode Resistant Varieties

October 28, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Missouri

Melissa Mitchum, a plant scientist and molecular nematologist at the University of Missouri, cloned the first gene linked to natural soybean cyst nematode resistance.

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Gene For Soybean Rust Resistance Possible

January 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Pioneer Hi-Bred and Evogene announced they will collaborate to develop and generate a genomic database tailored to soybean-rust resistance.

DuPont Delays Seed In Soybean Spat

June 21, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Dow Jones Newswires

DuPont Co. said Tuesday that it is indefinitely delaying the commercial launch of the genetically-modified soybean seed at the center of a long-running court battle with archrival Monsanto Co.

Does Roundup Increase White Mold?

By Frank Lessiter posted on August 1, 2001 | Posted in Crop Protection

Back in 1997, a number of Michigan farmers found high levels of white mold disease in their soybeans. This was especially true in fields planted with Roundup Ready soybeans where weeds were controlled with Roundup Ultra herbicide.

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