April 17, 2013
NEWS
Global
• Global Biotech Communication Initiatives Shift towards Greater Stakeholder Enggagement
• International Team Sequences Genome of Sweet Orange
• Scientists Sequence Vietnamese Rice Genome
Africa
• NACGRAB Director: GM Crops are Safe
• Senator Urges Nigerian President to Sign Biosafety Bill into Law
• Tanzanian Stakeholders Call for Modern Cotton Production
Americas
• New Promising Cowpea Varieties for Africa and Rest of the World
• Washington State University to Lead Development of Heat-Tolerant Wheat
• Scientists Say Without Adequate Funding, Deadly Wheat Disease Could Threaten World's Food Supply
• Researchers Find Details of Healthy Compounds in Colorful Whole Grain Rice
• ITIF Recommends Policies to Address Food Security and Climate Change through Biotech
Asia and the Pacific
• Mahyco Receives ABLE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Agri-biotech Sector
• IRRI Scientists Develop Super Salt-tolerant Rice
• US, Pakistani Scientists Collaborate to Protect Cotton from CLCV
• AUSVEG National Convention
Europe
• Victorian-era Barley Variety has Valuable Disease Resistance Trait, Scientists Find
• Sweet 17, New Sugar Transporter in Plants
• UK's TESCO to Sell GM-Fed Poultry Products
Research
• Gene-specific Markers for Acid Soil/Aluminium Tolerance in Barley
Beyond Crop Biotech
• Eight New Transgenic Goats in Royan Institute
Announcements
• 3rd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources
Document Reminders
• Updated Pocket K on Global Status of Commercialized Biotech GM Crops
Global
• Global Biotech Communication Initiatives Shift towards Greater Stakeholder Enggagement
• International Team Sequences Genome of Sweet Orange
• Scientists Sequence Vietnamese Rice Genome
Africa
• NACGRAB Director: GM Crops are Safe
• Senator Urges Nigerian President to Sign Biosafety Bill into Law
• Tanzanian Stakeholders Call for Modern Cotton Production
Americas
• New Promising Cowpea Varieties for Africa and Rest of the World
• Washington State University to Lead Development of Heat-Tolerant Wheat
• Scientists Say Without Adequate Funding, Deadly Wheat Disease Could Threaten World's Food Supply
• Researchers Find Details of Healthy Compounds in Colorful Whole Grain Rice
• ITIF Recommends Policies to Address Food Security and Climate Change through Biotech
Asia and the Pacific
• Mahyco Receives ABLE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Agri-biotech Sector
• IRRI Scientists Develop Super Salt-tolerant Rice
• US, Pakistani Scientists Collaborate to Protect Cotton from CLCV
• AUSVEG National Convention
Europe
• Victorian-era Barley Variety has Valuable Disease Resistance Trait, Scientists Find
• Sweet 17, New Sugar Transporter in Plants
• UK's TESCO to Sell GM-Fed Poultry Products
Research
• Gene-specific Markers for Acid Soil/Aluminium Tolerance in Barley
Beyond Crop Biotech
• Eight New Transgenic Goats in Royan Institute
Announcements
• 3rd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources
Document Reminders
• Updated Pocket K on Global Status of Commercialized Biotech GM Crops
Biofuels Supplement (April 17, 2013 Issue)
Research and Development
• Scientists Engineer Plant Cell Wall to Improve Sugar Yield for Biofuels
• IEA Reports Global Status of Advanced Biofuels Projects
• New Technique for Studying Enzymes Aids Biofuels Researchers
• Scientists Discover Novel Biomass-Degrading Enzymes from Horse Gut Fungus
• New Catalysts Convert Ethanol to Butanol
• Researchers Find Chemical Triggers for Oil Production in Microalgae
Production and Trade
• Hawaii to Pilot Papaya-to-Biofuels Project
• Queensland Opens Algal Biofuel Pilot Plant
Policy and Regulation
• USDA to Implement Sugar-for-Ethanol Program
• Science Union Asks EPA to Address Food-vs-Fuel Debate
Research and Development
• Scientists Engineer Plant Cell Wall to Improve Sugar Yield for Biofuels
• IEA Reports Global Status of Advanced Biofuels Projects
• New Technique for Studying Enzymes Aids Biofuels Researchers
• Scientists Discover Novel Biomass-Degrading Enzymes from Horse Gut Fungus
• New Catalysts Convert Ethanol to Butanol
• Researchers Find Chemical Triggers for Oil Production in Microalgae
Production and Trade
• Hawaii to Pilot Papaya-to-Biofuels Project
• Queensland Opens Algal Biofuel Pilot Plant
Policy and Regulation
• USDA to Implement Sugar-for-Ethanol Program
• Science Union Asks EPA to Address Food-vs-Fuel Debate
Latest Communication Products
From Monologue to Stakeholder Engagement: The Evolution of Biotech Communication ISAAA Bried 45-2013 is now available! Download the electronic copy now!
Sowing the Seeds of Success: A Decade of Biotech Corn Adoption in the Philippines
This 10-minute video presents an updated story of biotech corn in the Philippines, a decade after its commercialization. It complements the first ISAAA video entitled "Asia's First: The Bt Corn Story in the Philippines".
This 10-minute video presents an updated story of biotech corn in the Philippines, a decade after its commercialization. It complements the first ISAAA video entitled "Asia's First: The Bt Corn Story in the Philippines".
Top Ten Facts about Biotech/GM Crops in 2012
A new overview of biotech crops in 2012. Download PDF:Arabic, English, Portuguese
A new overview of biotech crops in 2012. Download PDF:Arabic, English, Portuguese
Pocket K on Stacked Traits in Biotech Crops It answers the following questions on biotech stacks: what is gene stacking, why is there a stack boom in the biotech crop market, and what does the future hold for biotech stacks.
Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2012
ISAAA Brief 44-2012 is now available! Get your copy now!
ISAAA Brief 44-2012 is now available! Get your copy now!
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