It didn't say who paid for the display as it was part of the Illinois
exhibit, but Monsanto was mentioned a few times. I was at an economic
development meeting the week prior to the fair and the Illinois Dept of AG
Director of Marketing was absolutely beaming about how they were trying to
educate the public that GM was no different than pasteurization. Just doing
her job, she said later.
Donna Fezler
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From: owner-sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu [SMTP:owner-sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu] On
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Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 9:17 AM
To: SANET; AGRISYNERGY
Subject: FW: New Defenses for Soybean Diseases
Comment: I can't prove it just from this article, but this material sounds
very much like it was bred by traditional methods, not Genetic Manipulation.
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From: "ARS News Service" <isjd@ars-grin.gov>
To: "ARS News List" <ars-news@ars-grin.gov>
Subject: New Defenses for Soybean Diseases
Date: Thu, Aug 26, 1999, 2:27 AM
STORY LEAD:
ARS Releases New Soybean Disease Defenses
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ARS News Service
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Tara Weaver-Missick, (301) 504-1619, tweaver@asrr.arsusda.gov
August 26, 1999
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A new soybean variety and a germplasm line that fight off some major crop
diseases have been released by Agricultural Research Service scientists. ARS
is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief research agency.
Research geneticist Jeffrey M. Tyler of ARS' Crop Genetics and Production
Research Unit in Stoneville, Miss., developed the new variety, called
Bolivar, in cooperation with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station, Mississippi State, Miss.
In field studies, Bolivar had high seed yield and good plant height in early
season plantings, an environment that normally suppresses plant growth. It
is adapted to the clay soils of the lower Mississippi River valley and east
Mississippi.
Bolivar is also tolerant to Phytophthora rot and resistant to stem canker
and soybean cyst nematode race 3. It has moderate resistance to races 2 and
5.
ARS research geneticist Thomas C. Kilen, also with the Stoneville unit,
developed and released the new high-yielding soybean germplasm line
D95-5246. It is resistant to Phytophthora rot and soybean cyst nematodes
races 3 and 14.
The fungus Phytophthora sojae causes Phytophthora rot, a major soybean
disease. Millions of soybean bushels are lost each year to this disease.
Soybean cyst nematodes are worm-like pests that eat soybean roots, causing
more losses than all other soybean pathogens combined. The nematodes
destroyed nearly 16.4 million bushels of soybeans last year. Last year,
combined losses from both were estimated at 20 million bushels in 16
southern states.
These two new releases should give farmers another defense against major
soybean crop- killers. To date, Stoneville scientists have developed 29
high-yielding soybean varieties and 24 new germplasm lines with improved
pest resistance.
Small amounts of seed are available from the scientists for research
purposes only.
An in-depth article on soybean research appears in the August issue of
Agricultural Research magazine. The story is also on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/aug99/soy0899.htm
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