NEWS

Global
• Eleven Countries to Receive Rewards for Conserving Crops 
• Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture 
• Food Markets Down from 2008 Prices 

Africa
• Aid to Rwandan Pyrethrum Farmers 
• Partnership Aims to Double Africa’s Rice Production 

Americas
• Seed Exchange Among Farmers Key to Transgene Presence in Mexican Maize 
• USDA Seeks Comments on Field Release of GE Eucalyptus Hybrid 
• Climate Change May Accelerate the Spread of Invasive Plants 
• Scientists Crack Bee-Killer Genome 
• BASF, DuPont Sue Each Other Over Patent Infringements 

Asia and the Pacific
• MARDI Hosts Launch of Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2008 
• IRRI Develops 3 New Rice Varieties for the Philippines 

Europe
• Poland to Establish GMO-Free Zones 
• Limagrain Obtains License for I-Sce1 meganuclease Technology 

Research
• Scientists Develop First Physical Map of Cucumber Genome 
• Junk DNA: Anything but Junk, Scientists Say 
• Auxin, The Morphogen in Plants 
• Rabies Vaccine from GM Carrots 
• Transcriptomic Analysis of a Superhybrid Rice 

Announcements
• 6th International Rice Genetics Symposium 
• Biosafety Congress in Brazil 

Document Reminders
• GM and Non-GM Supply Chains: Their Co-Existence and Traceability 
• GM Book by Czech Researchers