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• BASF to expand its plant biotechnology research into fungal resistance in corn

  BASF Plant Science is continuing to strengthen its focus on plant biotechnology solutions to achieve higher yield in plants. BASF will expand its fungal resistance research platform by adding corn as a target crop. At the same time, research activities in Nutritionally Enhanced Corn will be stopped more

• Field trials with genetically enhanced potatoes

  BASF Plant Science will again conduct field trials this year with genetically optimized potatoes which are undergoing the EU approval process. The field trials will take place at various sites in Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. In addition to the starch potato Modena, the company will also be p more

• BASF aligns research even more closely to future topics, global markets and customer industries

  BASF is realigning its research and is focusing even more strongly on the market and the global customer industries. Alongside the further development of the established business portfolio, the main research emphasis is being placed on growth and technology fields that address social challenges and more

Publications Plant Biotechnology

• Plant biotechnology: Tarnished promise

  Plant biotechnology: Tarnished promise Nature 497, 7447 (2013). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/497021a Genetically modified crops generate hype and hatred. A special section of Nature cuts through the drama. more

• The development and optimisation of a label‐free quantitative proteomic procedure and its application in the assessment of genetically modified tomato fruit

  A key global challenge for plant biotechnology is addressing food security, whereby provision must be made to feed 9 billion people with nutritional feedstuffs by 2050. To achieve this step‐change in Agricultural production new crop varieties are required that are tolerant to environmental stresse more

• Rapid and Efficient Gene Delivery into Plant Cells Using Designed Peptide Carriers

  To develop a new easy and quick gene delivery system for any types of plants, we prepared ionic complexes of plasmid DNA with designed peptide carriers, each of which combined a cell-penetrating peptide (Bp100 or Tat2) with a polycation (nona-arginine or a copolymer of histidine and lysine). The pre more

Market studies Plant Biotechnology

• Mavens Biotech Ltd (590083) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Mavens Biotech Ltd. (Mavens) is a biotechnology company. It is principally engaged in the development, testing and validation of innovative plant technologies, which optimize crop performance and agricultural productivity. It is focused mainly on the field of plant biotechnology products and solutio more

• SemBiosys Genetics Inc. (SBS) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  SemBioSys Genetics Inc. (SemBioSys) is a plant biotechnology company, that is engaged in the development of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products to treat various disorders. The company is focused on the development of cost effective production solution targeting diabetes and cardiovascular more

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