Genetically modified sugar beets are harvested earlier this year south of Grand Forks, Minn. Nearly all sugar beet producers have converted to Roundup Ready beets, but a judge's decision to require an ...

Field testing is underway for genetically engineered sugar beets resistant to the herbicide dicamba, which biotech critics fear could injure surrounding crops. KWS, the developer of dicamba-tolerant ...

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Sugar beets were big news last week−;under the heads of science, business and politics. Beets might long ago have supplied the U.S. with all the sugar it needs but for one stubborn fact−sugar-beet ...

Left: Beet seedlings in ‘conetainers’ await vernalization for rapid-cycle seed production. Mitch McGrath is research geneticist with the USDA-ARS Sugarbeet & Bean Research Unit, Michigan State ...

Red River Valley sugar beet growers are evaluating a federal judge's decision that could overturn the approval of the popular Roundup Ready sugar beets. The judge at Grants Pass, Ore., on Tuesday ...

MOORHEAD A legal challenge to Roundup Ready sugar beet seed could delay the planting of the biotech beets up to two years and could create a big mess for the region's seed and chemical industries in ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 16, 2010 (ENS) – A federal judge late Friday rescinded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s approval of genetically engineered “Roundup Ready” sugar beets. The crop ...

Sugar beet is a type of root vegetable that is grown primarily for sugar production. It belongs to the same family as the table beet, but it has higher sugar content, making it valuable for the ...

A federal judge on Friday banned the planting of genetically modified sugar beets engineered by Monsanto Co in a ruling that marks a major setback for the biotech giant. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey ...

AT a recent meeting of the Sigma Xi Society of the University of Colorado Dr. W. W. Robbins, botanist to the Great Western Sugar Co., read a paper on beet-seed production. Dr. Robbins related that so ...