date:May 31, 2013
Much has changed in 12 years, according to the Boise-based company.
Unlike transgenic varieties Monsanto sold in the 1990s using genes from synthetic bacteria to kill insect pests, Simplots new Innate brand potatoes use only potato genes.
Haven Baker, Simplots Yale and Harvard University-trained vice-president of plant sciences, said his scientists journeyed inside the vegetables genome to silence unwanted attributes, while making sure it remained 100 percent potato.
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