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mei 16, 2012
Wagenings onderzoek met GM-aardappel bij Raad van State aangevochten
De organisatie Gentechvrije Burgers uit Lelystad heeft een zaak bij de Raad van State aangespannen waarin wordt geëist dat de vergunning die door het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu is verleend aan de Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek van Wageningen Universiteit voor proeven met genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelplanten wordt vernietigd.
mei 11, 2012
Decision due on GM potato trial in Ireland
The Environmental Protection Agency in Ireland is expected to decide by the end of this month whether to allow a field study on genetically modified potatoes.
mei 07, 2012
En España identifican genes implicados en la podredumbre blanda de la papa
Una de las infecciones microbianas más frecuentes entre especies de interés para los agricultores, como la patata, es la podredumbre blanda de algunas de sus zonas que hace que el cultivo quede inutilizado. Un equipo internacional de investigadores, l...
april 05, 2012
BASF continues field trials with GM potatoes in Europe
BASF Plant Science will again conduct field trials this year with genetically optimized potatoes which are undergoing the EU approval process.
maart 26, 2012
Why Ireland needs to test GM potatoes
A major new European Union study is set to examine the effects of growing genetically modified, blight-resistant potato plants on biodiversity and the environment in agricultural ecosystems.maart 18, 2012
Wil Europa onze aardappel wel?
Wageningen UR ontwikkelt een milieuvriendelijke aardappel met resistentiegenen tegen de agressieve aardappelziekte. Het is onduidelijk of de introductie van deze aardappel kans van slagen heeft in het technofobe Europa. Goede kans dat-ie straks in Chin... Sponsored Content
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maart 05, 2012
Nieuwe ggo aardappelproef in Wetteren, maar zonder Fortuna
In het Belgische Wetteren wordt dit jaar opnieuw een ggo-aardappelproefveld aangelegd. De Fortuna-lijn van BASF wordt echter uitgesloten. Op die manier zijn alleen wetenschappelijke instellingen betrokken bij het onderzoek. Dat is één van de voorwaarde...
februari 29, 2012
Teagasc applying to field test GM potatoes as part of EU Research Study
Teagasc are applying to the EPA for a licence to undertake a series of field studies using GM potatoes resistant to potato late blight disease to determine the potential impact this technology could have on our ecosystems. As part of the 22 partner ‘A...januari 27, 2012
Ensayan con éxito papas transgénicas resistentes a virus
La papa es el cuarto cultivo alimenticio más importante en el mundo, con una producción anual de 300 millones de toneladas. En Argentina se producen 2 a 2,5 millones, las que se comercializan principalmente en el mercado interno. Las infecciones viral...
januari 16, 2012
BASF moves unit to US after Europe rebuffs scientific potato
BASF SE, the maker of the Amflora scientific potato, is moving the plant-science unit that genetically modifies crops to the U.S. from Germany after European consumers resisted the technology.
januari 16, 2012
BASF stops development of GM Potatoes
BASF announced today that it is concentrating its plant biotechnology activities on the main markets in North and South America. Development and commercialization of all products targeted solely at cultivation in the European market (potatoes!) will be...
november 10, 2011
Idaho growers eye BASF's new GM potato
More than a decade has passed since Jim Tiede was among the growers caught up in a debacle over the first U.S. genetically modified potato variety. Even today, the American Falls, Idaho, farmer copes with the fallout of planting Monsanto's GM potato N... Sponsored Content 
oktober 31, 2011
BASF expects market introduction of GM table potato Fortuna in 2014/15
BASF Plant Science applied today for EU approval for Fortuna, a genetically optimized table potato.Fortuna has a wild potato’s natural protection to late blight, a disease causing severe problems in agriculture.
juli 25, 2011
Protest against GM Potatoes in Norwich
Dozens of campaigners against genetically modified food have staged a protest in Norwich city centre. Passers-by were offered chips made from non-genetically modified potatoes before the protest moved on to the John Innes Institute on the outskirts of...
mei 29, 2011
Anti-GM potato protest leaves 18 injured in Belgium
Environmental activists stormed a field of genetically modified potatoes in Belgium Sunday, breaking through a security cordon in a raid that left police and protesters injured, authorities and organisers said.
april 04, 2011
Producing high quality potato starches with new genetic tools
Neiker-Tecnalia (the Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development) is realising a project for obtaining high quality starch in potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum) using new molecular and genetic tools.
maart 13, 2011
Rosetta Green's Candidate MicroRNA Gene for Drought Tolerance & Abiotic Stress Successful in Potato trial
The Israeli Biotech company Rosetta Green Ltd. recently listed at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE:RSTG), demonstrated improved tolerance and survival of RGN-131 potato plants to drought stress.