NEWS

Global
• CBU's Subscribers Now Total 1 Million (and Still Growing) 
• Experts Take on Global Food Security Debate 

Africa
• Mali IER Board OKs GM Cotton Research 
• Nigeria Gets Improved Cassava Varieties 

Americas
• Study Analyzes Marginal Land for Biofuel Production 
• Peruvian Biologist's Defamation Conviction Overturned 
• US$40 M Research Grant to UC Davis 
• Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Receives $70M Grant 
• Development of Hardier Varieties of Flax for Canada 
• Gene Helps Plants Use Less Water Without Reducing Biomass 
• Wildflower Colors Tell Butterflies to Prevent Sterile Offsprings 
• Genome Study Identifies Key Maize Genes for Increased Yield 

Asia and the Pacific
• Choudhary Gets COMSTECH 2010 Award 
• University of Southern Mindanao Conducts Seminar on Bt Eggplant 
• Local Government of Cotabato, Philippines to Exercise Informed Decision on Bt Eggplant 
• Three Years More for GM Clover Release 
• Scientists Discover Genes' Battle Over Sex Determination 

Europe
• European Agriculture Polices Need Overhaul in Light of Food Price Shock 
• EC-JRC Notification for Field Trial of GM Sugarbeet 

Research
• GM Cottonseed Analyzed for Ruminant Feeding 
• Overexpression of Ethylene Response Factor Confers Cold Tolerance in Rice Seedlings 
• Stacked Genes Enhances Drought Tolerance in Maize 

Announcements
• Borlaug Fellowship Program 2011 
• Plant Protection and Plant Health in Europe 
• 5^th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture 

Document Reminders
• EFSA Newsletter on Plants