Rhobio, a joint venture between French drugs group Rhone-Poulenc and research firm Biogemma, said it had signed a research deal with Celera AgGen to seek out new maize genes. The three-year

The head of a government advisory panel on genetically modified (GM) foods has hotly denied she thought Britons were too ill-informed to be given the choice over whether to eat them. "I refute that

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has mooted a proposal to the agriculture ministry for setting up a national research aand information grid for horticulture trade(Nright),

Seven European supermarket chains have formed a consortium to eliminate genetically modified crops and derivatives from their own-label food products. The initiative has been led by J.Saibsbury, the

Researchers in Japan have used genetic engineering to make silk worms produce coloured silk. The scientists at the Kyoto Institute of Technology infected the silkworm larvae with a genetically

While Europe questions the merits of plant genetics, the technology is spreading rapidly on US farms. Take corn, which last year according to the National Corn Growers Association, about 16m acres

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute(IARI) here has successfully developed the country's first hybrid basmati rice that promises to push up substantially the production of this foreign exchange

The Union Forest Advisory Committee member, Dr Suman Sahai, has urged India and Pakistan to take up the patenting of 'Basmati' rice by America in the World Trade Organisation review meeting scheduled

In Japan where food is considered most delicious when eaten raw or as close to its natural state as possible, genetically manipulated food is seen as synthetic, unwholesome and definitely

The Union Food Ministry and the Food Corporation of Indian are ready with all arrangements for procuring 135 lakh tonnes of wheat in the coming rabi marketing