Bio/Technology/Diversity News Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 19 (1993)

Bio/Technology/Diversity News Bulletin Volume 2, Number 19 November 30, 1993 Code: NL93024 Size of Files: Text: 13K Graphics: No associated graphics files CONTENTS HEADLINES: - GATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS COME UNDER RENEWED FIRE - MONSANTO TO INCLUDE WARNING STATEMENTS WITH BGH PRODUCT - SCIENTISTS CLONE DISEASE-RESISTANT GENE - USDA CREATES EARLY HARVEST COTTON VARIETY - EC BIOTECH GROUP ELECTS NEW CHAIR - MINNESOTA PLANS BIODIVERSITY PRESERVATION PROJECT - UK ADVISORY GROUP SAYS FEWER CROP VARIETIES BAD FOR BREEDERS ----------------------------------------------------- News Summaries ----------------------------------------------------- BIOTECHNOLOGY ----------------------------------------------------- * GATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS COME UNDER RENEWED FIRE The intellectual property provisions proposed by the Dunkel Draft of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) are coming under renewed fire.... * MONSANTO TO INCLUDE WARNING STATEMENTS WITH BGH PRODUCT The Monsanto chemical company, one of the manufacturers of synthetic bovine growth hormone (BGH), or bovine somatotropin (BST) as it is also known, will issue warning statements with its product which will be marketed under the name Posilac.... * SCIENTISTS CLONE DISEASE-RESISTANT GENE Scientists from Purdue and Cornell Universities say they have successfully cloned a disease-resistant gene.... * USDA CREATES EARLY HARVEST COTTON VARIETY A USDA researcher said he has created a new line of cotton, known as C21S781-2, which can be harvested earlier than other varieties of cotton.... * EC BIOTECH GROUP ELECTS NEW CHAIR The Senior Advisory Group Biotechnology (SAGB), which was founded in 1989 to promote the biotechnology industry on behalf of the European Community, elected a new chair last week.... * MINNESOTA PLANS BIODIVERSITY PRESERVATION PROJECT A joint project involving the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Nature Conservancy, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Pheasants Forever will create a biodiversity corridor between the few remaining native prairie lands in the state.... * UK ADVISORY GROUP SAYS FEWER CROP VARIETIES BAD FOR BREEDERS Adas, the British government's agricultural advisory body, released a report that said fewer crop varieties could result from set-aside programs under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms and more farmers using home-saved seeds...