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New ryegrass could end up as GM test case

AgResearch and its partners will spend close to $50 million commercialising a new ryegrass that may not be able to be used by New Zealand farmers.

Fiona Rotherham
Mon, 16 Jul 2018

AgResearch says its new genetically modified ryegrass, under trial in the US, could end up as the first test case for an agricultural crop under the country’s stringent GM regulations.

The high metabolisable energy (HME) ryegrass has shown in the Crown research institute’s laboratories to grow

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Fiona Rotherham
Mon, 16 Jul 2018
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