Food scientists have understood these distinctions for a decade thanks to traditional plant biotechnology research.

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"We are at the stone age of plant biotechnology, " says Peribere.

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This is particularly galling for British scientists, because Britain was second only to America in the development of plant biotechnology during the 1980s and early 1990s, and is losing its place to more enthusiastic countries such as China.

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But that might alter when biotechnology delivers new enzymes that can make ethanol efficiently from just about any sort of plant material.

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CropDesign, a Belgian plant genetics company, has secured private financing by appealing to the handful of venture capitalists with enough experience of agricultural biotechnology not to be rattled.

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