Brazilian agency to expand GMO wheat tests, Embrapa official says

Bioceres Crop Solutions

07/03/2023 18:21

SAO PAULO, March 7 (Reuters) - Last week's landmark
approval for cultivation of GMO wheat in Brazil is paving the
way for the government's agriculture research agency, Embrapa,
to expand testing of the biotechnology, its head of research on
wheat said on Tuesday.
    In an interview with Reuters, Jorge Lemainski said in
addition to testing the transgenic materials in the Cerrado
region of Brazil again this season, Embrapa also aims to plant
them in Minas Gerais state as part of efforts to observe the
adaptability to tropical conditions of the GMO wheat seeds
developed by Argentina's Bioceres  BIOX.O .

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