Articles in the June 15, 2012 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• Dr. Daniel Hillel Named 2012 World Food Prize Laureate
• World Food Stocks Rise but Hunger Threatens Arab Countries
• SAVE Food Initiative to Reduce Wastage and Loss
• Global Seeds Market Report 2012

Africa
• Ghana to Revive Cotton Production with Modern Biotech
• Togo's Ministry of Agriculture Foresees Great Potential in Agricultural Biotechnology
• Vita Launches Potato Centre of Excellence in Africa

Americas
• Current Challenges and New Tools to Combat Herbicide Resistant Weeds
• Overcoming Build-up of Insect Resistance Against Bt
• SIUE Makes Biofuel Breakthrough
• GM Soybean Approved for Commercial Use in Mexico
• BASF Presents Innovations in the Pipeline
• SG Biofuels New Genomics Research Center to Support Commercial Advancements
• Next-generation Sequencing Technology Opens Doors to Discoveries

Asia and the Pacific
• Pakistan Minister Sees Need to Redefine Parameters of Agric Production
• GM Crops Shrink Farming's Pesticide Footprint
• Defense Mechanism of Lectin in Plant Uncovered
• Implications of GM Seeds on Chinese Farmers' Rights to Food

Europe
• Program on Development of Biotechnology in Russia Through 2020
• Rothamsted and BBSRC Launch "20:20 Wheat"
• New Insights on How Plants Fight Diseases

Research
• Comparison on Mutagenic Effects of Commercial Soybeans in Brazil
• Scientists Trace Footprints of Photoperiod Pathway Genes in Oryza
• Introgression of Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris Blackleg Resistance into B. napus

Announcements
• Raman Fellowships for African Researchers in India
• 2012 Global Farmer's Roundtable Online Nominations Open

SIUE Makes Biofuel Breakthrough

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) researchers announced the development of an environmentally-friendly, cost-effective biofuel produced from the non-edible part of a corn kernel. The research team used a mechanical process called fractionation, wherein the corn kernels are broken down into three components. According to John Caupert, one of the researchers, the corn kernel's fiber cannot be fermented through conventional processes but through fractionation, it is possible to convert the fiber into ethanol.

Caupert and team reported their research during the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop at the Minneapolis Convention Center held from June 4-7, 2012. According to the researchers, the technology is now commercially available.

Read more information at http://www.siue.edu/ and http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/ethanol-71467-research-center.html.

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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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