Syngenta wanted to grow GE corn in China

Seed company Syngenta, whose genetically engineered corn is blamed for a disruption in U.S. corn exports to China, says it applied in 2010 to cultivate the same variety in China, says Reuters. Syngenta later halted work on that process so it could focus on winning approval for import of the grain, said the news agency. China… » Read More

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