Three researchers associated with Cornell will testify before Congress Oct. 5 and 6 on the use of biotechnology in foods and agriculture. They are Charles J. Arntzen, president and chief executive of the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research Inc., located at Cornell University; Ralph Hardy, president of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council; and Anthony M. Shelton, Cornell professor of entomology.

Shelton, who also is associate director for the office of research at Cornell's New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will testify on the subject of genetically modified crops before the basic research subcommittee of the House Science Committee, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building.

Arntzen, who also is an adjunct Cornell professor in biology, will testify on biotechnology and potential applications in the agriculture and food sector before the subcommittee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry, Oct. 6, at 9 a.m., in the Russell Senate Office Building, Room 328-A.

Hardy, a former BTI president and now president of the Cornell-based National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, also will testify.