MALNUTRITION: Crop Biotech Update (February 13, 2013)

In This Issue February 13, 2013 NEWS Global  • International Group of Scientists Release Draft Sequence of Rubber Tree Genome  • CGIAR to Work with Global Crop Diversity Genebanks Revitalization  • CGIAR Launches Global Research Programs on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals  Africa  • Kenya National Biosafety Authority Launches Year of Biosafety Advocacy  • Poultry Farmers Call to Lift GM Corn Import Ban in Zimbabwe  • Uganda's Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill Tabled in Parliament  Americas  • Purdue University Scientists to Develop Genomic Tools to Improve Sorghum  • Iowa State U Researchers Receive Grant to Enhance Soybean Resistance Against Sudden Death Syndrome  Asia and the Pacific  • Farmer Adoption of Biotech Crops in Developing Countries  • India's Agriculture Minister Calls for Adoption of Modern Farm Technologies  • New Model Plant Validation System for Monocot Plants  • Found: Gene that Boosts Digestibility of Sorghum  Europe  • Study Finds that Sugar Influences Onset of Flowering  • Scientists to Improve Plants' Oil Content by Unlocking Lipid Pathways  Research  • Effect of Oxalic and Malic Acids in Chickpea Leaf Exudates on the Activity of Cry1Ac towards Pod Borer  • Functional Genomics of Mutant Cotton Reveal Findings for Cotton Fiber Initiation and Elongation  Beyond Crop Biotech  • Genetically Engineered Virus Kills Liver Cancer  • Biotech Students Sequence Gene