The European Commission has authorized five genetically modified (GM) crops (3 maize, 2 soybeans) and renewed the authorization for three maize crops used for food and feed. The announcement was made on the European Union's Daily News which was published on January 22, 2021.
The U.S Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced the deregulation of petunia varieties, designated as A1-DFR, developed using genetic engineering to produce orange flowers.
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has approved two genetically modified (GM) corn varieties from Bayer AG and Syngenta AG for importation. The two varieties, herbicide tolerant and insect resistantMON87411 and MZIR098 are approved for imports for five years starting December 2020, according to a list published on the Ministry website.
Experts from Capital Medical University, Beijing, developed a simple, low-cost, and efficient custom transcription activator-like effector (TALE) gene synthesis method using a twin primer assembly. The method is published in BioTechniques.
