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From: jttmab	9/19/2005 8:50:26 AM
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China, the world's top grower of genetically modified (GMO) cotton, has approved commercialising a new hybrid variety, which should help the country cut its production shortfall in the commodity, a government scientist said on Monday. The hybrid variety of insect-resistant Bt cotton -- which contains a bacteria that kills bollworms -- would yield 26.4 percent more cotton than the current strains, including one developed by biotech giant Monsanto Co., said the scientist. "The new hybrid strain won approval this year and we expect it will be grown in large areas from the year after next," said Zhang Rui, a member of the research team under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.... news.yahoo.com

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