Monsanto Co.
Roundup Ready corn from Monsanto The Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as "Roundup". Co., St. Louis, receives commercial approval from the Philippines Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry. The approval comes after a four-year process and makes it Monsanto Philippines' second biotech bi·o·tech
n. Informal
Biotechnology.
biotech
Noun
short for biotechnology
Noun 1. crop approval, following YieldGard Corn Borer corn borer or European corn borer, common name for the larva of a moth of the family Pyralidae, introduced from S Europe into the Boston area in 1917. insect-protected corn in 2002.
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