Yossi Shapiro, Ph.D.
Former Breeding Director, Large Seed/Root & Bulb Crops, Monsanto Company
Expert Bio
I received my BS from Cornell University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, in 1984, and returned to Cornell in 1988, after managing a fruit orchard in Israel, to earn a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding in 1993. Following that, I worked as a tomato breeder in Florida, for NT Gargiulo/BHN Research, which was acquired by Monsanto in 1997, and I have worked for Monsanto ever since then. I spent thirteen years in management of Monsanto’s Cotton and Wheat R&D programs, ten years of that in Missouri and three years in India. In August 2011, I transferred to Vegetable R&D in my current role, and relocated to Northern California. I feel privileged to work in the application of science and technology to improve the quality and productivity of agricultural products for food, feed and fiber.
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Q: Are there GMO green beans being grown?
A: To date, no GMO green beans have been commercialized. However the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation has developed and obtained regulatory approval for commercialization in Brazil of the transgenic “Embrapa 5.1” common bean (Phaseolus), resistant to bean golden mosaic virus (BGMV). This is one of 37 GMO crops that have been approved by the Brazilian regulatory agency, CTNBio. Breeders have unsuccessfully tried to develop lines with resistance to the virus for the past 30 yrs. Biotechnology was seen as the most promising means to develop resistant beans, and [...]
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