http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/ en-us http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8059 The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), China's Jiangsu Mingtian Seeds Science Technology Co. Ltd (JMSSTCL), and the Four Brothers Group of Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to foster the development of new crop varieties, including Bt varieties, for use in Pakistan, this article reports. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8058 U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White has ruled that U.S. sugar beet farmers can plant genetically modified (GM) sugar beets this year. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8056 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have found that a naturally occurring class of plant hormones called cytokinins can help increase cotton yields during times of drought. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8057 A new 3.5-year, £1.5 million (US$2.29 million) project coordinated by the John Innes Centre in the U.K. will try to find new ways to develop improved pea varieties and to increase nitrogen fertilizer uptake in legume farming, this press release reports. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8055 Bayer CropScience and the U.S.-based Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. have entered into a three-year collaboration agreement aimed at developing chemical products that make crops more resistant to biotic and abiotic stress factors, this press release reports. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=8053 U.S. federal officials pledged on Friday March 12 to begin a new era of antitrust enforcement, seeking to balance agricultural power between companies, farmers, and consumers, this article reports. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400