Crop Biotech Update (March 20, 2013)

In This Issue March 20, 2013 NEWS Global  • International Group of Scientists Complete Wild Rice Genome  • Continual Innovation Urgently Needed to Reduce Pressures on Price and Food Supply  Africa  • AfricaRice: Average Rice Yield in SSA has Jumped 30% After Rice Crisis  • Nigeria's Cross River state to Sign Biotech Agreement for Agriculture  Americas  • Cornell's Iron Lady Tomato Resists Three Fungal Diseases  • USDA Announces Availability of Biotech Regulatory Petitions for GM Crops  • Researchers Identify Gene that Allows Corn to Grow in Poor Conditions  • Potential of Invasive Weeds to Cope Climate Change  Asia and the Pacific  • Seminar on the Global Status Report Well-received in Hanoi  • Proposed Regulation of GM Food in Hongkong  • Australia OGTR to Issue License for Controlled Release of GM Wheat and Barley  • Global Status Report of GM Crops 2012 Presented in Japan  Europe  • Plants Let Chloroplasts Know the Time  • EU Grants Fund for Research of Underutilized Plants  Research  • Scientists Use Chloroplast GE to Improve Vitamin E in Tobacco and Lettuce  Beyond Crop Biotech  • Scientists Map Genome of Fungus Causing Dutch Elm Disease  • Yeast Study Yields Potential for New Cholesterol, Anti-fungal Drugs  Announcements  • Stimulating Innovation in Plant Genetic Resources', Brussels, Belgium  • Fourth Workshop of the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination, July 2013  • Second International Conference on Food and Environment, Budapest, Hungary  Biofuels Supplement (March 13, 2013 Issue)  Research and Development  • Algal Gene Boosts Leaf Oil Content in Arabidopsis Plants • Mixed Bacterial Strains Increase Cellulosic Ethanol Yield • Marine Yeast Converts Red Seaweed Sap into Ethanol Production and Trade  • Partnership Seeks to Develop Jatropha Plantations in West Africa • US Ethanol Producers Respond to High Corn Prices, Foresee Rebound • Industry Survey Shows Brighter Future for Algal Biofuels • Prospects for Algal Biofuel Industry in the UAE Policy and Regulation  • Preventing Biofuel Crops from Becoming Invaders • Pending Minnesota Bill Targets Higher Biofuel Blends Events and Announcements  • International Biomass Conference & Expo Latest Communication Products 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! Executive Summary: ISAAA Brief 44-2012  Download PDF: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese,Russian, Ukranian Highlights: ISAAA Brief 44-2012  Download PDF: Arabic, Balochi, Bisaya, Bulgarian,Cebuano, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi,Filipino, French, German, Hungarian, Ilokano, Italian,  Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish,  Portuguese,Punjabi, Pushto, Russian, Sindhi, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish,Thai, Ukranian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh Press Release: ISAAA Brief 44-2012  Download PDF: Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French,German, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Spanish,Vietnamese

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