Articles in the June 29, 2012 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• Global Conference on Agricultural Research to Tackle International Partnerships
• FAO Paper Calls for Re-orientation of Crop Improvement in the 21st Century
• OECD: Developing Countries to Increase Farm Yield
• EU and Brazil Sign Sustainable Agriculture Agreement at Rio+20

Africa
• Uganda May Allow Biotech Crops to Increase Production
• Cotton Farmers in Zimbabwe Urged to Use Biotech Seeds
• GMO Labelling Regulations Harsh for Business, Could Lead to Food Shortage - Kenyan Millers Warn
• Lack of Seeds Threathens Food Security in Gambia

Americas
• Vitamin C Increase Twin Seed Incidence in Crops
• New Herbicide Tolerant Canola Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval
• Prairie Cordgrass: A Potential Biofuel Crop
• Researchers Present the Benefits of Sorghum as Biofuel Crop

Asia and the Pacific
• Malaysia to Announce Bioeconomy Initiative
• Rice Gene Identified to Enhance Quality, Productivity
• Biotech Workshop on Modern Agriculture for Brighter Future in Medan
• Indonesian Regulatory Body Seeks Comments on Food Safety Assessment of GM Sugarcane

Europe
• Agricultural Biotechnology Annual Report of Slovakia
• EFSA's Science-based Renewed Approval of Herbicide Tolerant Soybean Cultivation
• Spanish Gov't: GM Maize is More Environment Friendly than Conventional
• EFSA: GM Maize MIR162 is Safe to Use
• Biological Switch in Plants Paves Way for Improved Biofuel Production
• Conference to Discuss Roots for the Future

Research
• Scientists Investigate Effects of Cry1Ac Stingless Bee Larvae
• Gene Expression Patterns of Dairy Cows Fed with GM Maize and Non-GM Maize
• Marker-free, Tissue-specific Expression of Cry1Ab in Rice

Announcements
• ISAAA is Now Blogging!

Document Reminders
• Monograph on Cartoons and Biotech
• ISF Video on Development of New Plant Variety

Vitamin C Increase Twin Seed Incidence in Crops

University of California Riverside professor of biochemistry Daniel R. Gallie and colleague Zhong Chen in an article published in PlosOne, report that increasing level of dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), the enzyme involved in vitamin C synthesis results in the production of twin and triplet seedling in a single seed. The experiment conducted using tobacco cells have applications in increasing productivity in other food crops

"The ability to increase fertility can be extremely useful when the inherent rate of fertility is low or the value of the crop is great, such as corn in which the production of multiple embryos would significantly boost its protein content," Gallie said. "The extra seedlings per seed may also enhance per-seed survival chances for some species."

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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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