Articles in the July 20, 2012 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• USDA ERS Report: Food Security Estimated to Improve in 2012
• FAO, OECD Release Latest Agricultural Outlook

Africa
• Initiative to Empower African Women in Agriculture
• Biosafety Workshop in Egypt
• IITA Offers Improved Cassava, Cowpea and Maize Seeds to Nigerian State

Americas
• USDA: Farmers Continue to Adopt Biotech Crops across the U.S.
• DOE Grant Research Award to Study Drought for Next Generation Bioenergy Grasses
• Purdue Scientists Working to Make Drought-Resistant Crops
• U.S. and South American Farmers Unite to Support Biotech
• 4-H ers in Cities Learn and Teach About Biotech

Asia and the Pacific
• DNA Markers for Crown Rot in Wheat Research
• Salt Cress Genome Yields New Clues to Salt Tolerance
• 5^th Indonesian Biotechnology Conference Concluded in Lombok, Indonesia
• Biotechnology Expert Dialog 2012 in Bogor
• Environmental Risk Assessment Tackled in Bangladesh
• Indian Leaders Discuss Efforts to Increase Food Targets
• Philippine Gov't Funds Research to Enrich Copra Meal
• Malaysia to Double Rice Yields

Europe
• Genetic Basis for Differences in Vernalization in Plants
• France's Agricultural Biotechnology, Advancing Despite Regulatory Hurdles
• Major Investment to Persuade Bacteria to Help Cereals Self-Fertilize

Research
• GE Wheat has No Detrimental Effects on Anecic Earthworm
• Biotech Banana Confers Resistance to Black Leaf Streak
• Improving Blast Resistance of Rice thru Marker-assisted Gene Pyramiding

Announcements
• Annual Bio India to be Held in Mumbai
• TERI-ITEC Course: Applications of Biotech and its Regulation
• First IRRI Young Scientists Conference

Document Reminders
• New Methodologies for Better Quality Wheat
• Cartoon Booklet GM Knowledge Q&A Released
• 2011 HarvestPlus Annual Report Now Available
• CIAT Launches First Book of the Issues in Tropical Agriculture Series

Purdue Scientists Working to Make Drought-Resistant Crops

With vast areas of the United States afflicted by drought this year, five Purdue scientists are attempting to find ways to develop crops that are drought-tolerant and achieve water-use efficiency to combat hot and dry conditions.

Ongoing research projects to this end include:

Identifying genes that will enhance adaptability of temperate maize
Finding variations in genes that affect the ability of a plant to use water as efficiently as possible
Evaluating the performance of drought-tolerant corn hybrids developed by the private sector with that of conventional hybrid with focus on optimum management practices
Improvement of Striga-resistant sorghum that can tolerate drought condition

More information about the research projects is available at Purdue Extension's website at http://www.purdue.edu/drought For detailed information about the projects, see the news at http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2012/120718TuinstraResearch.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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