March 7, the 13 session of the National People's Congress News Center held a press conference, the Ministry of Agriculture related to the "Implementation of rural revitalization strategy, promote agricultural transformation and upgrading," the relevant questions to the Chinese and foreign reporters questions. In answer to the question about GM, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said that the issue of GM, in the final analysis, is a scientific problem, the rule of law.
Safety is not safe, it should be scientific to evaluate, can not plant, should be dealt with by the law, consumption is not edible, should be the choice of consumers themselves. Ministry of Agriculture spokesman Pan Xian said that the first Ministry of Agriculture to genetically modified management is clear, strictly in accordance with the laws and regulations for safety evaluation and approval; Secondly, the commercialization of GM is based on the road map for non-food, indirect consumption and consumption, first of all, the development of non-food crops, such as cotton, Again it feeds and processes raw crops, and finally rations crops.
Thirdly, we should give full consideration to the demand of industry, and focus on the bottleneck problems such as disease and insect resistance, water saving and drought resistance, high yield and high quality. Pan Xian said that the commercialization of genetically modified maize is also based on the above three points.
At present, China only approved transgenic cotton and papaya for commercial production, did not forward the commercialization of genetically modified food crops. Pan Xian said that with regard to the issue of the issuance of safety certificates, there was no adjustment to the approval and issuance policies of the traders ' import safety certificates, and the standards, procedures and time for approval were unchanged. For some companies that have not been approved, this is because their application materials do not meet the requirements, not through expert review. The examination and approval is strict, has the procedure, must carry on the rigorous appraisal of the expert.
The Department of Agriculture will issue a safety certificate as long as it meets the requirements of the application.
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Monsanto launches third-generation GM soybean listing plan in Brazil Recently, Monsanto expects the third generation of GM soybeans to be listed in Brazil before October 2020.
The soybean is expected to have been approved by China's regulatory authorities. According to Monsanto forecasts, the company's latest ' Intacta 2 Xtend ' third-generation pest-tolerant soybean technology is expected to be approved by the Brazilian National Biosafety Technical Committee in April this year. Then, in October this year, early development work will begin in the experimental bases around Brazil.
By October 2019, Monsanto will also work with Brazilian agricultural research firm, TMG, Don Mario, the first-ever, DuPont Pioneer and Bayer Partners to further develop and test GM soybeans using new technologies, and promote the technology's localized applications in Brazil. "We expect Intacta 2 Xtend technology to usher in a third soybean revolution in Brazil," Andrés Menezes, head of Monsanto's herbicide business manager, told reporters. Transgenic soybeans that use this technology can tolerate wheat straw-resistant herbicides, and have three insect-resistant proteins, cry1a.105, CRY2AB2 and CRY1AC, which will significantly increase the protective ability of current intacta transgenic crops against Lepidoptera pests.
' In addition, Menezes says Monsanto has built a powerful germplasm pool using excellent genetic traits such as Roundup Ready soybeans and intacta soybeans, and is currently using more than 50% per cent in the Brazilian soybean market. ' We not only have our own germplasm pool Monsoy and agroeste, but we also work with Brazil's finest professionals to choose the best locally grown soybean varieties for different field environments to achieve good yields and quality, Menezes said.
' ' One of the most important breakthroughs in this technology is the widespread control of weeds through the use of straw-and-weed herbicides in crops. Herbicide is a very important tool, it can easily remove the common glyphosate resistant weeds in the United States, long awn amaranth.
' Menezes added. Broad-spectrum control of Lepidoptera pests is another notable advantage of Intacta 2 Xtend. By aggregating more insect-resistant proteins on the basis of the current application of INTACTA technology, and introducing the mechanism of resistance to the pest insects, the protection of soy from caterpillars will be protected, according to our study, the 96% damage caused by caterpillar to soybean crops will hopefully be protected by this technology.
' said Menezes. In addition, Menezes said that in order to obtain this strong protection technology, to achieve the intelligent management of crop protection, the company paid a lot of effort. "We're going to invest a lot of money in digital agriculture and training in the safe use of wheatgrass," says Menezes. Most importantly, the third generation of new formulations has almost completely solved the problem of the volatility of wheatgrass by adding specific adjuvants and other ingredients, with specific operating instructions.
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