Articles in the July 6, 2012 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• Scientists Complete Melon Genome
• G20 Launches Innovative Strategy to Boost Food Security
• Global Seed Industry Outlook to 2016

Africa
• Cereal Millers Criticize Regulations on GMO Labeling in Kenya
• IITA, WACCI Team Up for Plant Breeding Development in Africa
• First Marker-Assisted Bred Sorghum Varieties Released to Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Americas
• Key Secrets of Photosynthesis Unlocked
• Scientists Discover New Source of Maize Hybrid Vigor
• Scientists Find Way to Develop Tomato Varieties with Taste of Heirloom Counterparts
• Link Discovered Between Tomato Ripening, Color and Taste
• Adoption of Advanced Techniques Could Propel Crop Improvement
• Scientists Probe Yeast's Ability to Protect Tree Nuts

Asia and the Pacific
• Philippine S&T and Environment Advocate Legislator Asserts Safety of Bt Eggplant Research
• PNAS Reports Socio-economic Impact of Bt Cotton in India
• Stakeholders in Mindanao, Philippines Educated on Local Biotechnology
• Tripura-based ICAR Releases List of Improved Crop Varieties
• India, Kazakhstan Sign MOU to Improve Agricultural Research
• Rust Resistant Wheat Well-Received in Nepal
• Low Budgets, Unreasonable Mechanism Hinder Science Development in Vietnam
• Quadruple Helix Spurs Quantum Leap

Europe
• 35 Years and Counting – Cumulative Delays in EU Votes on GM Crops
• Taming Genetic Recombination
• Lancaster Univ Researchers Discover Potential Weapon Against African Crop Pests

Research
• Spatial and Temporal Activity of URRs of Anther-specific Rice Genes in GM Rice and Arabidopsis
• A Molecular Framework for Risk Assessment of Virus Tolerant GM Pepper
• Virus-induced Gene Silencing in Eggplant

Announcements
• Commercialization Workshop 2012
• International Maize Conference in Sulawesi, Indonesia
• 11th International Conference on Dryland Development in Beijing, China

Commercialization Workshop 2012

Asia BioBusiness Pte. Ltd., the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) will conduct a workshop on the "Commercialization of Biotech Crops: Learning from Asia. This will be held on September 3-7, 2012 in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.

The workshop aims to discuss the commercialization pathway from initial target identification to the post commercialization stewardship. One of the main components of the workshop is the regulatory environment for both biosafety and food/feed safety and the demand that these put on the developers. Attendees of the workshop will also visit field trials in the area.

For more details, visit http://www.asiabiobusiness.com/?page_id=335

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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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