Commission gives nod for eight GMO products
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE European Commission has authorised eight Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), all for food and feed uses (maize MZHG0JG, maize MON 89034 x 1507 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9, maize MON 89034 x 1507 x MON 88017 x 59122 x DAS-40278-9, maize Bt11 x MIR162 x MIR604 x 1507 x 5307 x GA21, the renewals of soybean […]
Blight-resistant GM potatoes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest stage of field trials conducted by The Sainsbury Laboratory for a genetically modified (GM) potato with improved tuber quality and resistance to the devastating disease like blight has progressed successfully. The field trials were conducted after successful lab experiments to modify Maris Piper potatoes with late blight resistance genes from Solanum americanum and […]
Filipinos are first!
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY ADRIAN DUBOCK, PETER BEYER & INGO POTRYKUS IN a victory for science-based regulatory decision-making, the Government of the Philippinesh as, on Dec 10 authorised the direct use of GR2E Golden Rice in food, feed,and for processing. The regulatory data were submitted by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute […]
Genetically engineered species occur naturally
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHORIZONTAL gene transfer caused by Agrobacterium was found to occur in 39 dicot species. These findings prove that transgenic plants occur in nature on unexpectedly large scale. The results are published in Plant Molecular Biology. Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer cause formation of crown galls or hairy roots, due to the expression of transfer DNA (T-DNA) genes. […]
First Argentine GM potato to be released in 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAFTER being de-regulated during August 2018, the National Council of Technical and Scientific Research (CONICET) started last week the formal process to register the first transgenic potato cultivar in Argentina in the National Seed Institute’s register. In partnership with biotechnological company Sidus, the CONICET developed a potato with resistance to the virus Y, called SPT […]
GE increases availability of organic seeds
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMORDOR INTELLIGENCE reports that the global market for organic seeds was valued at USD 1,651.5 million in 2018 and is projected to reach a compound annual growth rate of 12.7% from 2019-2014. Polaris Market Research predicts that the global organic seed market will reach USD 5.35 billion by 2026. The increased availability of improved hybrid […]
FDA nod for ultra low gossypol cotton for consumption
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an ultralow gossypol cottonseed, ULGCS, to be utilised as human food and animal feed. ULGCS is derived from a transgenic cotton variety TAM66274 developed by plant biotechnologist Keerti Rathore and his team at Texas A&M AgriLife Research. TAM66274 is a unique cotton plant with ultra-low gossypol […]
New way to develop drought-resilient crops
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSTRALIAN research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water. Drought tolerance is critically important in the face of climate change, population growth and land-use pressures. Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU), ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, and CSIRO Agriculture and […]
Is Malaysia ready to face agri challenges through gene technologies?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIN RECENT months Malaysians have been experiencing a spike in vegetable prices, some more than 100 per cent. For an example, the price of tomatoes has gone up from RM3 per kg to RM6. Although there are multiple factors that influence price of food crops, one reason is the low farm production. Our golden crop, […]
The ‘new normal’ cometh
Reading Time: 3 minutesBiotech Crops continue to help meet the challenges of feeding increased global populations and mitigating climate change. TOKYO, JAPAN: A total of 70 countries adopted biotech crops through cultivation and importation in 2018 – the 23rd year of continuous biotech crop adoption, according to the Global Status of Commercialised Biotech/GM Crops in 2018 (ISAAA Brief […]