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Mycogen Seeds Moves Beyond Drought Tolerance with Stress-tolerant Hybrids
2015-07-23 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
INDIANAPOLIS — July 8, 2015 — Mycogen Seeds is helping growers in the western Corn Belt manage multiple environmental variables with a holistic solution: its new stress-tolerant corn portfolio. Unveiled today, the stress-tolerant portfolio features hybrids with a strong agronomic foundation, bred to handle a range of challenges common to the western Corn Belt — including disease and insect pressure, water availability and extreme heat. read more
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Underpinnings of drought tolerance in plants
2015-06-12 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Regions all over the globe are suffering from severe drought, which threatens crop production worldwide. This is especially worrisome given the need to increase, not just maintain, crop yields to feed the increasing global population. Over the course of evolution, plants have developed mechanisms to adapt to periods of inadequate water, and as any gardener can tell you, some species are better able to handle drought than others. Accordingly, scientists have invested much effort to understand how...
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Monsanto's Drought Tolerance Trait In Genuity DroughtGard Hybrids Receives Final Major Import Approval From China
2013-06-17 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
ST. LOUIS, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China, a major importer of U.S. corn grain and dried distillers grain solubles, has officially granted full regulatory import authorization for Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) MON 87460 trait, the biotechnology trait in Genuity DroughtGard Hybrids, as part of a broader series of approvals. This represents a significant step forward for technology approvals in China. read more
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