Brussels, 24/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - The world population will grow from 6 to 9 billion in the next fifty years, and fossil resources will diminish while requirements for food, "bio-fuels" and "bio-materials" will increase. As the solution to this problem will entail the development of plant biotechnology, the Spring Summit of March 2003 launched an appeal for "the creation of technological platforms (...) to develop a strategic agenda for research in advanced technologies such as plant...