Sentences with phrase «modified wheat variety»

There've been times when I've decried Greenpeace tactics, as in the destruction of a government - funded test of a genetically modified wheat variety in Australia in 2011.

We explore Greenpeace's unwavering «no» on nuclear power and its internal split over extreme tactics like the raid on research fields in Australia that destroyed a test of a promising genetically modified wheat variety.

The destruction of a government - funded test of a genetically modified wheat variety in Australia on July 14 threatens to completely marginalize the group, and presumably will undercut its credibility when it takes stands on other issues, from climate to palm oil.

Not exact matches

Note: There are currently no genetically modified varieties of barley, edible beans, flax, oats, peas, rice, spelt, sunflowers, and wheat being grown commercially.

The latest findings offer new focus points into how these genes and others may be modified to fine - tune a wheat variety for a particular environment, which will result in less crop and food loss due to changing environment.

Running concurrently with modern breeding techniques is the development of genetically modified (GM) varieties of wheat, which involves inserting a piece of genetic material into another species of wheat within the same genus.

Technology such as high - yielding wheat varieties that tolerate drought and high temperatures, as well as resisting new or modified strains of deadly crop diseases spawned in rapidly warming environments, are the outputs from WHEAT research that lead to positive outcomes for farmers and consuwheat varieties that tolerate drought and high temperatures, as well as resisting new or modified strains of deadly crop diseases spawned in rapidly warming environments, are the outputs from WHEAT research that lead to positive outcomes for farmers and consuWHEAT research that lead to positive outcomes for farmers and consumers.

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have tested all the university's wheat varieties, as well as others around the Northwest, and found none with the genetically modified herbicide resistance discovered in an Oregon crop this spring.

The discovery clears the way for breeders to develop wheat varieties with the disease - and pest - resistance traits of other grasses, using a legion of genetic tools that can reduce crop losses and pesticide use while foregoing the cost, regulatory hurdles and controversy of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.