News on GM Potatoes

Ya es posible cultivar papas cuyo almidón es la materia prima para la producción de papel, pegamento, forraje y alimentos.

Het is mogelijk om zetmeelaardappels zó te veredelen dat ze nieuwe soorten zetmeel maken, als nieuwe, betere groene grondstof voor nieuwe toepassingen, zoals in de bouw en in de papier-, lijm-, diervoeder- en voedingsmiddelenindustrie.

BASF Plant Science has identified the root cause of the starch potato comingling in northern Sweden. During the course of company's regular internal quality assurance measures in August, BASF Plant Science discovered 47 Amadea plants in Amflora propaga...

Luxembourg has joined Hungary and Austria in their legal challenge over the authorisation of BASF’s genetically modified (GM) potato Amflora.

BASF Plant Science identified extremely small quantities of Amadea potatoes in Amflora fields planted in Northern Sweden during the course of the regular in-house quality controls.

La Comisión Europea (CE) ha confirmado hoy el cultivo de una variedad de patata genéticamente modificada no permitida por la UE en campos de Suecia y ha pedido explicaciones a la compañía responsable, la alemana BASF. El portavoz comunitario de Sanida...

The German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Rainer Brüderle, today helped to start the harvesting of the Amflora potatoes in Zepkow in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Together with BASF’s Chairman Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht an...

El grupo químico alemán BASF ha solicitado a la Comisión Europea (CE) autorización para una segunda patata manipulada genéticamente "Amadea", cinco meses después de haberla logrado para "Amflora"tras años de espera. Con motivo del...

Una variedad de papa enriquecida con proteína mediante ingeniería genética se está probando actualmente en la India con propósitos comerciales. Desarrollado por Asis Datta en el Centro Nacional para Investigación en el Genoma Vegetal de la Universidad...

A genetically engineered, protein-enriched potato is being readied for commercial field-testing in India, scientists said.

The latest genetically modified crops being trialled in Europe are open to public at the Uplingen Plant Science Garden in east Germany. Potatoes that fend off blight without the aid of pesticides, sugar beet capable of withstanding a dose of glyphosate...

De Europese Commissie werkt aan een voorstel om de toelating van ggo-gewassen niet langer op Europees niveau te beslechten. Het dossier zou half juli worden voorgesteld tijdens het Belgisch EU-voorzitterschap. Uittredend minister van Landbouw Sabine La...

The European Union is to radically overhaul its approval system for genetically modified (GM) crops from next month, opening the way to large-scale GM cultivation in Europe, draft proposals seen by Reuters on Friday showed. With most Europeans showing...

Defra has given scientists at The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) the go ahead to conduct a three-year trial on genetically modified (GM) potatoes.   Scientists at TSL - part of the John Innes Centre - are testing potatoes that have been genetically modifie...

Minister Verburg van LNV verwacht niet dat de teelt van de genetisch gemodificeerde Amflora-fabrieksaardappel van BASF een grote vlucht zal nemen in Nederland. Amflora is namelijk onvoldoende resistent tegen de wratziekte en mag daarom niet in het Nede...

According to the results of a survey released this month by the German branch of the environmental organization Greenpeace, a number of snacks and fast food giants including Burger King, McDonald's, German seafood chain Nordsee and chipmaker Lorenz Sna...

The government has given the green light to scientists to undertake a trial of genetically modified potatoes.Researchers will grow a trial crop of potatoes genetically modified to resist infection by potato cyst nematodes.DEFRA granted approval to scie...

Last month the EU Commission approved a second GM crop for cultivation in the EU. First plantings of Amflora, for seed production, are expected in Germany and the Czech Republic this spring. Other countries with a starch potato industry include Franc...