Golden handouts on the way

Article Abstract:

Peapack, NJ-based Pharmacia of which Monsanto is now a part announced unconditional royalty-free licenses to its technologies used in the development of GoldenRice, a genetically modified rice variety enriched with Vitamin A precursors.

Alliances, partnerships, Monsanto Co., MTC, Pharmacia Inc.

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Erect leaves caused by brassinosteroid deficiency increase biomass production and grain yield in rice

Article Abstract:

Study is presented to show that the erect leaf phenotype of a rice brassinosteroid-deficient mutant, osdwarf4-1, is associated with enhanced grain yields under conditions of dense planting, even without extra fertilizer. Results suggest that regulated genetic modulation of brassinosteroid biosynthesis can improve crops without the negative environmental effects of fertilizer.

Research, Physiological aspects, Environmental aspects, Phenotype, Phenotypes

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The use of cysteine proteinase inhibitors to engineer resistance against potyviruses in transgenic tobacco plants

Article Abstract:

Researchers placed rice cysteine proteinase inhibitor gene into tobacco plants to show that plant cystatins can effectively prevent replication of potyviruses and possibly against other viruses that require cysteine proteinase for replication. Charts, tables, and a photograph are included.

Research and Testing Services, Viral Disease R&D, Tobacco farms, Tobacco, Tobacco Farming, Brief Article, Viral research

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