Phil Dale
 UK
Emeritus fellow at the John Innes Centre and keen supporter of GM crops. Has sat on government advisory committees on GM crops. Now part of PharmaPlanta.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: John Innes Centre

 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
 USA
Established with a $70-million pledge from Monsanto, which also donated the Center's 40-acre tract of land, near Monsanto's home town of St. Louis, valued at $11.4 million.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Article: GM Cassava "Our Only Hope"
Linked to: Roger Beachy

 Swappan Datta
 Philippines
Biotechnologist at the International Rice Research Institute who is involved in the Golden Rice project.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Gerard Barry, International Rice Research Institute

 Thomas R. DeGregori
 USA
Economist specializing in the role of technology in food production. Keen supporter of C. S. Prakash's AgBioWorld campaign.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: C. S. Prakash, AgBioView, AgBioWorld

 Alan Dewar
 UK
Director of Dewar Crop Protection Ltd. Former head of entomology at Broom's Barn, a division of Rothamsted Research.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Rothamsted Research, CropGen

 Peter Doyle
 UK
Former chair of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and a director of Syngenta.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Syngenta

 Paul Driessen
 USA
Anti-environmental lobbyist with CDFE, advisor to Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Author of "Eco-Imperialism."
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Article: The Uncle Tom Award
Linked to: Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise

 Des D'Souza
 UK
Former head of PR for Aventis CropScience (now owned by Bayer).
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Aventis, Bayer

 DuPont
 USA
World's second largest seed company and major biotech firm.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile

 Martin Durkin
 UK
Maker of highly controversial documentaries, linked to LM group.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Living Marxism, LM group