Articles in the September 18, 2009 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• ISAAA Mourns the Loss and Pays Tribute to its Founding Patron, Nobel Peace Laureate Norman Borlaug, 1914 - 2009 
• UN Report: World Falls Short on Pledges to Attain MDG Goals 

Africa
• Degree Course on Biotech and Biosafety Launched at Kenya's Moi University 
• Empowering the Seed Sector in Africa 
• Media Coverage of Biotech in Kenya Inadequate 
• FAO, World Bank Give Helping Hand to Zimbabwean Farmers 

Americas
• New Pest Found in Ohio Soybeans 
• Insecticide-Free Control of Soybean Aphids 
• Brazil Approves New GM Corn Varieties 
• Scientists Find Evidence of Casuarina Hybrids 
• Pioneer H-Bred, Asoyia Expand Ultra Low Linolenic Soybean Agreement 

Asia and the Pacific
• Chinese Research to Benefit Pakistan's Agriculture Sector 
• Hybrid Rice Training Center Launched in China 
• Origin Agritech Gets Glyphosate Gene Deal 

Europe
• BCPC Welcomes New BBSRC Strategic Plan 
• GMO Crops Can Help Climate and Environment 
• Halophytic Micro-algae: New Source of Biofuel 
• CIRAD To Complete Banana Genomic Sequence 
• Unapproved GM Linseed Found in Germany 

Research
• Disabling Instead of Adding: A Novel Way of Breeding Disease-Resistant Plants 
• Scientists Closer to Drug-Free Cannabis Plants 
• Chlorophyll Breakdown Products as a Tool for Studying Plant Cellular Processes 

Announcements
• GCARD- E-consultations 
• Interdrought III Conference in China 
• New Journal: GM Crops 

Document Reminders
• US Wheat Growers Orgs Publish The Case for Biotech Wheat 

Brazil Approves New GM Corn Varieties

The Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) has cleared three new genetically modified (GM) corn varieties for commercial release in Brazil. Two corn varieties, developed by Monsanto and Syngenta, contain stacked traits for resistance to pests and tolerance to glyphosate-based pesticides. The third GMO corn, also developed by Syngenta, contains the insect-resistance trait only. The approval brings the total number of GMO corn varieties approved for use in Brazil to nine. Brazil is the world's third largest biotech crop producer, with 15.8 million hectares planted to biotech crops in 2008.

Visit http://www.ctnbio.gov.br/ for more information.

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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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