Arctic Granny (bottom) doesn’t brown like a conventional Granny (top).Nonbrowning apples move closer to market
Two varieties of biotechnology-derived nonbrowning apples appear to be closer to commercialization and may be deregulated in the United States in early 2014. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) has opened the second, and final, public comment period for Okanagan Specialty Fruits’ biotech-enhanced nonbrowning Arctic apples. APHIS has posted their Environmental Assessment and Plant Pest Risk As…
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