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A fact from Luca Comai appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 August 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that plant biology professor Luca Comai independently developed
glyphosate-resistant plants while working at Calgene and published his research before
Monsanto researchers were able to?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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... that plant biology professor Luca Comai independently developed
glyphosate resistant plants while working at Calgene and published his research before
Monsanto researchers were able to? Source: "As if to drive the point home, Luca Comai whistled another shot past Monsanto's bow just a few months later. In October of 1985, he and several colleagues at Calgene published a paper in Nature describing their own glyphosate-tolerant plants...Comai's paper was a professional embarrassment to Monsanto." (
Lords Of The Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, And The Future Of Food)
The article is new and it is nominated within one day of its creation. The length of the prose is more than enough. The content is neutral and well cited. No copyright violations nor plagiarism were found. The hook is within the specified length and is interesting. The hook is cited in the book.
[1] I verified it with Google Book. QPQ is done. Teetee taw (
talk)
08:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Luca Comai appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 August 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that plant biology professor Luca Comai independently developed
glyphosate-resistant plants while working at Calgene and published his research before
Monsanto researchers were able to?
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that plant biology professor Luca Comai independently developed
glyphosate resistant plants while working at Calgene and published his research before
Monsanto researchers were able to? Source: "As if to drive the point home, Luca Comai whistled another shot past Monsanto's bow just a few months later. In October of 1985, he and several colleagues at Calgene published a paper in Nature describing their own glyphosate-tolerant plants...Comai's paper was a professional embarrassment to Monsanto." (
Lords Of The Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, And The Future Of Food)
The article is new and it is nominated within one day of its creation. The length of the prose is more than enough. The content is neutral and well cited. No copyright violations nor plagiarism were found. The hook is within the specified length and is interesting. The hook is cited in the book.
[1] I verified it with Google Book. QPQ is done. Teetee taw (
talk)
08:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)reply