The Rural Voice, 1986-04, Page 47Tailor-made
plants
A rapidly advancing "hi -tech"
science known as biotechnology is
beginning to sow a crop of tailor-
made plants that might one day
perform agricultural wonders.
Biotechnology, a relatively new
science, is a catch-all term used to
describe the application of
biological methods to plants or
other cells for the creation of a new
product or process.
At Agriculture Canada's Central
Experimental Farm in Ottawa,
about 35 scientists and technicians
are working on five separate plant
biotechnology projects that they
hope will eventually help create
more productive varieties of the
country's most important crops.
Scientists at some of Agriculture
Canada's 47 research stations
across the country are also ex-
perimenting with biotechnology
techniques.
The methods range from grow-
ing plants from a few cells, known
as tissue culture, to genetic
engineering, the manipulation of
the microscopic -sized trait -
carrying genetic machinery within
plant cells.
They allow, for example, totally
unrelated plants to be cross -bred,
plants to be grown from only one
genetic parent rather than the nor-
mal two and the best character-
istics from one plant to be directly
inserted into another.
Biotechnology is still in the early
stages of research, and the scien-
tists are reluctant to overestimate
its potential because results are
several years away.
"Biotechnology expands the
tools of the plant breeder by pro-
viding a wider gene base with
which to work or by cutting years
off the time it takes to develop new
strains through conventional
means," says Brian Miki, an
Agriculture Canada geneticist in
Ottawa.
"It takes 10 to 12 years to
develop a new variety using con-
ventional methods. Cutting that in
half can be worth millions of
dollars in extra yield from a new
variety that goes into production
ahead of its time."❑
4. LUCKNOW, ONT
LUCKNOW EQUIPMENT a l
AUCTION
THURS., APRIL 3 STARTING 10:15 A.M.
to be held at
C.A. BECKER EQUIPMENT LTD.
LUCKNOW, ONT.
K
4
MF 165
MF 285
JD 1120 & Ldr.
AC 5050 & Ldr.
AC 170
AC WD45 & Ldr.
MF 1130
COCKSHUTT 1650
CASE 1370
AC 190XT
FORD TW10
FORD 9700
IH 686 & cab
CASE 970
MF 30B
IH 45 181/2'
IH 710 4 Furrow
AC 2000 5 Furrow
CASE 8300 5 Furrow
AC 1300 29' Cult.
AC 1000 15' Cult.
AC 2300 19' Disc
TRACTORS
CASE 1830 UNI
MF 255
FORD 9600
FORD 9700
AC 7045
IH 1086
MF 1135
DEUTZ 7807
IH 574 & Ldr.
WHITE 2-105
IH 504
IH 1066
IH 6588 2 + 2
New MF 240
New MF 298
TILLAGE
MF 3 Furrow Mtd.
CASE 5x16" Semi
COCKSHUTT 5x14" Semi
KONGSKILDE 9' Cult.
IH 610 Offset Disc
YETTER 15 Rotary Hoe
JD 14' Mulcher
PLANTING & SEEDING
IH 510 21x7 Drill
IH 10 16x7 Drill
MF 33 17x7 Drill
IH 800 6x30" Planter
JD 3250 18x7 Drill
MF 33 17x7 Drill
NI 213 End Gate
NH 518 Spreader
NI 218 Spreader
NI 224 Spreader
IH 510 18x7 Drill
JD 1300 6 row Pltr.
JD 7000 4 row Pltr.
IH 400 4 row Pltr.
JD FBB 15x7 Drill
SPREADERS
NH 790 Tandem
NH 212 2 Beater
NH 675 Tandem
JD 34 Spreader
HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
MF 35 Pull Type
JD 42 Pull Type
MF 410 w. Pickup
MF 300 w. Pickup
AC 90 Pull Type
INNES 570 Windrower
INNES 500 Windrower
Luke 6 row Puller
IH 844 Corn Hd.
AC A2 Combine
IH 82 Pull Type
MF 300 Comb.
MF 410 D
MF 760 D
IH 1440 Comb.
MF 510 D
MF 44 Corn Hd.
MF Pickup Table
Plan to attend this Gigantic Auction
Above list subject to additions or deletions
C.A. BECKER LTD. G. & E. SALES & SER. 529 7993 528-3426
REAVIE FARM EQUIP. HACKETT FARM EQUIP.
529 7995 529-7914
4 ............... 84.11010. 8*.1010. daig...310- e5t
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SPECIAL, APRIL, 1986, P(,. 5