Calgene Inc. is restructuring its operating business to focus onits three core crops: tomato, cotton and canola.

In its announcement last week, the Davis, Calif., company saidit will incur a one-time restructuring charge and losses fromdiscontinued operations of $10 million to $12 million. Thosecharges will be taken in the 1991 fiscal year ended June 30.

Calgene is selling its corn and alfalfa businesses and plans todownsize its potato joint venture with Kirin Brewery Co.

Calgene also said continuing operations will show a loss thatwill be larger than anticipated due to heavy fourth-quartercotton seed returns caused by bad weather at planting and to awrite-down of HEAR oil inventory to reflect depressed prices.The company will report its financial results later this month.

Calgene filed last week for Food and Drug Administrationmarketing approval of a tomato genetically engineered forlonger shelf life. The company plans to apply early next yearfor approval to market its herbicide-tolerant cotton. It willconduct its first field trials of canola engineered for modifiedoil content this fall.

Calgene stock (NASDAQ:CGNE) closed Friday at $7.13, down 13cents.

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