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Monsanto buys WestBred as biotech wheat platform

FARGO, N.D. — Calling it a “sea change” in wheat genetics development, Monsanto on July 14 announced it has acquired WestBred L.L.C., a regional wheat genetics company based in Bozeman, Mont.

Carl Casale, Monsanto’s executive vice president, sayss the company will use techniques it has developed for other core crops — especially monocots such as corn — to develop conventional and marker-assisted varieties on perhaps a five- or six-year timetable.Read Full Article

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