Articles in the October 17, 2012 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Tackle Three Key Topics
• World Food Day Celebration Focus on Agri Coops

Africa
• New Sweet Potato Variety Triples Yield in Rwanda

Americas
• Aphids Weaken Soybean Genetic Defenses and Open Door for Other Pests
• Unusual Genetic Structure Confers Major Disease Resistance in Soybean
• Paraguay to Produce Bt Cotton Seeds

Asia and the Pacific
• Biotechnology Information Sharing in Japan
• India's Scientific Advisory Council Recommends GM Crops for Food Security
• Chinese Premier Awarded Agricola Medal
• Parliament Agriculture Committee Chair Supports Biotech Research in Bangladesh
• Scientists Sequence Crop Fungus' Genome

Europe
• Scientists Identify Underground Key Players that Help Plants to Grow
• Thale Cress Elucidates Plant-Pathogen Model System
• New Chemical Catalyst for Biofuel Production Revealed

Research
• Comparison of GM and Native Mustard's Allerginicity
• Effect of Bt Corn on Decomposer Communities in Soil

Announcements
• BIOTECH 2013
• 2^nd Biotechnology World Congress
• Realizing the Value of Plant Natural Products from Metabolic Engineering to Biorefining

Document Reminders
• CIAT Launches Book Summarizing the Application of Cassava Research Through the Years

Paraguay to Produce Bt Cotton Seeds

Minister of Agriculture Enzo Cardozo announced that Paraquay is set to produce its own transgenic cotton seeds. According to the government website IPParaguay, an agreement will be signed with the Paraguayan Institute of Agricultural Technology (IPTA) to boost seed production.

The IPTA will assess for a year or two the seeds obtained locally before distribution to farmers, Cardozo explained.

Check out the article in Spanish at http://www.agrobio.org/fend/index.php?op=YXA9I2NIVmliR2xqWVdOcGIyND0maW09I05UQT0maT0jTkRRMw==

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This article is part of the Crop Biotech Update, a weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Aquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA)

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