Articles in the August 20, 2009 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• Water Reform Urgently Needed in Asia to Feed Extra 1.5 Billion People by 2050 
• Early Agricultural Methods May Have Altered Global Climate, Study Suggests 

Africa
• OFAB Launch in Egypt 
• IITA to Develop Double Disease-Resistant Cassava 

Americas
• Tobacco Plants Yield the First Vaccine for Dreaded "Cruise Ship Virus" 
• Creating the Ultimate Drought Resistant Lawn/ Pasture Grass 
• Canada Seeks Comment on Insect-Resistant Soybean Application 
• Bayer CropScience Acquires Athenix Corp 

Asia and the Pacific
• CSIRO and USDA to Study Grass Genes for Biofuels 
• CSIRO Sets Up Biotech Labs 
• BATAN and SEAMEO BIOTROP Collaborate on Sorghum Research 
• Flood-Tolerant Rice Variety Released in the Philippines 
• PetroVietnam Hastens Plans for Ethanol Plants 
• GM Crops a Reality in Australia Says AFAA 
• Bayer Signs Cooperation Agreement on Hybrid Rice with China 

Europe
• UK Consumers Less Concerned About GM Foods 
• Research to Improve Verification of GMOs 

Research
• Flood-Tolerant SNORKEL Rice Offers Farmers Hope 
• Speciation by Polyploidy Common in Plants, Study Finds 
• Plants Under Stress Release More Methane than Previously Thought 
• Scientists Pinpoint Protein that Plays Linchpin Role in Cell Division 

Announcements
• A Note to CBU Subscribers 
• International Seminar on "Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future" 
• BioEurope Conference in Vienna 
• Conference on Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas 

Document Reminders
• Defra, FSA Report on the Impacts of GM on UK Imports 

Research to Improve Verification of GMOs

The German Federal Bureau of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) and the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency (FSA) are collaborating on a two-year research and development project known as "GMOseek". The project seeks to develop new procedures and strategies for screening genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and feed as well as seed. The improved process will enable simultaneous analysis of several probes based on a number of varying parameters.

Five research and analytical laboratories in Belgium, Germany and Slovenia as well as the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission are participants to the project.

For the news release visit http://www.coextra.eu/news/news1392.html

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