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Splenda's battle with the Sugar Association over its advertising campaign seems to be doing little to dissuade food and drink manufacturers and their consumers of its merits as Diet 7 Up becomes the latest product to be made from the sweetener.
A genomic milestone, researchers sequence the genome of the most destructive enemy of the world's staple food crop rice, a fungus called Magnaporthe grisea that causes rice blast disease.
Syngenta Crop Protection today launched an early warning web-based system to help growers protect their crops against Asian soybean rust, the disease which has persuaded some US farmers to reduce the number of acres planted with soy crops.
Pressure on soy prices likely to continue with a new report revealing China is expected to reduce its principal soybean planting area, while increasing corn and rice planting in 2005.
BeverageDaily.com's sister site FoodNavigator.com has won website of the year in the 2005 Business Food and Drink Journalism awards.