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Syngenta claims ownership of rice - but will give data away

Robert Walgate

Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010201-02 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010201-02

Published: 1 February 2001

The company that sequenced the rice genome says it will retain commercial rights, but will give data to academics - and useful technologies to farmers in the developing world.