Crop Biotech Update
Articles in the June 13, 2008 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• Report Tackles Global Impact of Biotech Crops 
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• Leaves Keep Their Cool to Protect Photosynthesis 

Africa
• Doubled Haploid Approach to Develop Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa 
• New Production System to Boost Rice Yield in West Africa 

Americas
• Argentina Approves New GM Maize Variety 
• Honduras to Increase GM Maize Cultivation 
• Australian Sunflower Genes Could Fortify U.S. Sunflowers 
• Companies to Develop Nitrogen Use Efficient Lawn Grass 
• Bacterial Extracts to Combat Fungal Diseases 
• Dow AgroSciences and Sangamo BioSciences Announce Biotech Milestones 

Asia and the Pacific
• ERMA Plans Hearing for GM Field Test Application 
• UA Receives Approval for Release of GM Wheat and Barley 
• Keeping Biotech-Derived Foods Halal in Indonesia 
• UA Scientists Receive Grant to Solve Iron Deficiency 
• India Declares "Food Safety and Quality Year 2008-09" 
• Bangladesh Scientist Emeritus Calls for Biotech Directorate 
• Lawmakers Consider First-Ever Biodiversity Bill in Vietnam 

Europe
• Deliberate Release of GM Crops in Spain 
• Scientists Find Horizontal Gene Transfer of No Significance 
• EFSA Develops Database of External Scientific Experts 
• VIB and Bayer Team Up for Plant Research 

Research
• Functional Human IL13 from GM Tobacco 
• GM Papaya Transgenes Remain Stable For Several Generations 
• Novel Arsenic Transporter in Plants 
• Scientists Develop Nitrogen Use Efficient Rice 

Announcements
• Solanaceae Genome Workshop 
• World Congress on In Vitro Biology 

Document Reminders
• Report on Synthetic Biology Now Published 

Honduras to Increase GM Maize Cultivation

Honduras is promoting the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) corn "as a viable strategy" to improve productivity and meet the demand for food. The country’s Minister of Agriculture, Hector Hernandez, sees the use of GM varieties as the key to overcoming maize shortage in the region. Honduras plans to increase the area planted to corn and sorghum this year, including an additional 140,000 hectares for maize and 14,000 hectares for sorghum. Last year, the country planted 122,500 hectares of maize.

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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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