Brazil CTC To Test GM Sugarcane

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Scott C. Lucas|31 January 2007

William Burnquist, technology director of CTC, said that CTC’s three varieties of GM cane, have all been modified to exhibit sucrose levels that are 15% higher than the sucrose levels of ordinary sugarcane in laboratory conditions.

If the field-tests are successful, Brazil — the world’s No. 1 sugar and ethanol exporter — could be well on its way to commercializing transgenic cane by the end of the decade.

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