Ethanol Ready Corn Fuels Debate
On February 11, 2011 the USDA gave the thumbs up to Syngenta’s Ethanol-Ready Corn (Enogen) for commercial planting. Enogen corn is genetically modified to produce the enzyme alpha-amylase which converts the starch in corn kernels into sugar which is consumed by alcohol-producing microorganisms. Thereafter the alcohol produced is converted into ethanol. Enogen would save the ethanol plants the time and extra cost of adding a liquid form of the enzyme [...]