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

USDA: Farmers Continue to Adopt Biotech Crops across the U.S.

The USDA Economic Research Service released its annual report on the adoption of herbicide tolerant and insect resistant crops. Based on the USDA survey data, there has been a substantial growth in the amount od biotech soybeans, corn, and cotton planted in the U.S. The acreage of herbicide tolerant soybeans increased from 17 % of the US soybean acreage from in 1997 to 93 percent in 2012. Plantings of herbicide tolerant corn raised from 10% of the U.S. acreage in 1997 to 80 percent in 2012. On the other hand, plantings of insect resistant Bt corn grew from 8% in 1997 to 67% in 2012 while Bt cotton plantings increased more swiftly from 15 percent in 1997 to 77% in 2012.

For more details, view http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetically-engineered-crops-in-the-us.aspx.

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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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