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products based on Devgen's technology. The rationale for
Syngenta to acquire Devgen was stated by Syngenta spokeswoman Jennifer Gough as follows: "It's a very important expansion of our rice strategy, one of our eight key crops", she said. "We are also buying their competence in RNAi technology which will be relevant for us across a broad range of crops." Devgen's shares were delisted from the NYSE in February 2013, and the acquisition was completed in December 2013.
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Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. Apr 24, 2009.
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1248:Pig farming
1231:Paddy field
1204:Hydroponics
1177:Fur farming
1162:Aquaculture
1157:Agrivoltaic
1138:Monoculture
1059:Prehistory
1009:Polyculture
830:Farm worker
808:Occupations
778:Agriculture
278:in Europe.
159:nematicides
43:and biotech
41:Agriculture
1488:Categories
1339:Categories
1004:Plantation
952:Free range
947:Feed ratio
487:2014-12-31
360:2014-12-31
337:References
302:and pearl
276:nematicide
205:C. elegans
155:food crops
111:crop seeds
107:Pesticides
93:, Chairman
81:Key people
1371:Livestock
1214:Livestock
942:Farmhouse
318:Iprodione
296:sunflower
263:Singapore
240:Genentech
196:nematodes
20:Devgen NV
1437:Category
1263:Orchards
1236:Pastoral
907:Agronomy
721:Archived
594:Archived
575:Archived
541:Archived
383:Archived
330:Syngenta
283:Monsanto
252:Syngenta
248:Sumitomo
176:spin-off
103:Products
37:Industry
30:Syngenta
1461:Commons
1273:Terrace
1219:Pasture
1187:Grazing
1133:Organic
1053:History
967:animals
890:Digital
850:General
794:History
789:Outline
457:Cisco.
300:sorghum
228:R&D
165:History
147:company
139:-based
137:Belgium
121:Website
56:Belgium
48:Founded
32:in 2013
1449:Portal
1290:impact
1241:Bocage
1167:Cattle
835:Herder
825:Farmer
304:millet
288:traits
133:Devgen
58:(1997)
1395:Lists
1258:Ranch
1226:Mixed
977:crops
799:Index
481:(PDF)
474:(PDF)
236:Merck
135:is a
972:pigs
937:Farm
292:rice
238:and
213:GIMV
192:RNAi
182:and
52:Gent
221:ING
217:IWT
194:in
178:of
97:CFO
1490::
551:^
369:^
298:,
294:,
254:,
250:,
161:.
113:,
109:,
54:,
770:e
763:t
756:v
490:.
363:.
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