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In 2012, biotech crops represented 35% of the global commercial seed market.
It found that 53% of the world's commercial seed market is controlled by just three firms – Monsanto, DuPont and Syngenta.
In 2013, the top six firms controlled 75% of the agrochemical market and 63% of the commercial seed market.
With the rapid disappearance of folk varieties, farmers have become entirely dependent on commercial seed suppliers for their crop.
Bayer, Monsanto, Dupont, Dow, Syngenta and BASF currently account for three-quarters of the global agrochemical market and nearly two-thirds of the commercial seed market.
"What we'll do is hold these collections in our seed bank and take them through the first critical stage of multiplication so we will end up with a larger quantity of high-quality seeds that we can make available to commercial seed companies," said Probert.
In turn, how does this impact monopolization of the commercial seed market?
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Zn/Mn was supplied once as a starter application, using a commercial seed-dressing formulation (Lebosol Dünger GmbH, Elmstein, Germany).
The first RH creates an 'ultra-dry' condition, whereas the latter is more in accordance with commercial seed-storage practice of vegetable seeds.
Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the best combination of NAA, IBA, and IAA, used singly or in combination with GA3, for successful in vitro commercial seed-tuber production of potato cvs.
However, there has been a resurgent interest among the public in cultivating heritage varieties of late (aided by a relaxation in EU law on non-commercial seed sales), which in turn is good news for everyone: for heirloom vegetables contain a wealth of genetic material that could prove resistant to pests or diseases that might threaten mainstream crops in the future.
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