BASF and Monsanto Company announce a joint research, development and commercialization collaboration in plant biotechnology focusing on high yielding crops and crops that are more tolerant to adverse environmental conditions.BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida and Monsanto Company announce a joint research, development and commercialization collaboration in plant biotechnology focusing on high yielding crops and crops that are more tolerant to adverse environmental conditions. The two companies will dedicate ded·i·cate tr.v. ded·i·cat·ed, ded·i·cat·ing, ded·i·cates 1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 2. a joint budget of potentially $1.5 billion billion to fund a pipeline of yield and stress tolerance traits for corn, soybeans, cotton and canola canola see brassicanapus. . In addition, the companies also announce they have entered into a separate collaboration to research methods to control the soybean cyst nematode The soybean cyst nematode (SCN), Heterodera glycines, is a plant-parasitic nematode and a devastating pest of the soybean (Glycine max) worldwide. The nematode infects the roots of soybean, and the female nematode eventually becomes a cyst. . |
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