Archive for the ‘Ongoing Research’ Category
Improving Food Crops
In Canada, modifying food crops for resistance to herbicides
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where weeds are a problem is currently of high priority. Monsanto, an American agricultural company, in particular is perfecting RoundUp® and Dicamba tolerance in grains and cotton. One of the stumbling blocks is political resistance to the introduction of genetically modified grain into the human food chain. Environmental groups have sued to have further testing prior to releasing genetically modified grains.![clip_image004[5]](http://www.alterdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/clip_image0045_thumb.jpg "Ongoing Research in Genetic Engineering")
In Australia, the goal of research is drought tolerance, insect resistance and disease resistance for food crops such as corn and soybeans. Again political ![clip_image006[5]](http://www.alterdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/clip_image0065_thumb.jpg "Ongoing Research in Genetic Engineering")
opposition by environmental groups is a factor in how rapidly the research can progress, and the new seed varieties with these traits can be released for general use.
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