First biotech corn harvest in Indonesia

Faculty of Jember Iwan Taruna (right three), accompanied by Marketing Head Seed Syngenta Indonesia Imam Sujono (left) harvested corn hybrid biotechnology NK Shortar Sakti in Agrotechnopark, Jember University, East Java, Wednesday (13/9/2023). The University of Jember and Syngenta develops the first biotech corn in Indonesia with the advantages of which tolerant to the herbicide glycfosat, the caterpillar of rod grinding, is easy to cultivate and provide results up to 11.8 tons/ha, which is higher than the average nonhibrida production of 4-5 tons/ha. ANTARA PHOTO/Seno/nym.