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First all-African GM crop is resistant to maize streak virus

08-15-2007 · EurekAlert!

The first all-African genetically modified crop plant with resistance to the severe maize streak virus, which seriously reduces the continent's maize yield, has been developed by scientists from the University of Cape Town and PANNAR PTY Ltd., a South African seed company.

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