1. Genetically modified corn seed fights the corn borer, and a new gene being developed will resist corn rootworm, another destructive pest. 2. Genetically-modified corn seed fights the corn borer, and a new gene being developed will resist corn rootworm, another destructive pest. 3. Monsanto developed a corn seed that required less herbicide than any that had been developed. 4. Mycogen, like Ciba-Geigy, is marketing genetically altered corn seed. 5. The factory and research facilities, located outside of Santiago, produce mostly corn seeds. 6. The failure to get corn seed into the Sudan in time for a July planting, for example, means the next harvest will also fail. 7. The move makes Monsanto the biggest producer of foundation corn seed in the U.S. and gives it a critical distribution network for its genetic plant technology. 8. He pointed to several large bags of corn seed and said it was time to plow and plant before the annual rains. 9. He was referring to the importation last month from the United States of a batch of soybean and corn seed suspected of being genetically modified. 10. The Agriculture Department has issued similar guidelines to test corn seed for StarLink contamination before it is sold to farmers for spring planting. |