Crop Biotech Update

January 29, 2020

GLP Releases Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index

The Genetic Literacy Project has developed two interactive tools that track and index gene editing and gene editing regulations worldwide, helping to illuminate how regulations can encourage or hinder innovation.

Study Reveals Experts' and Public's Attitude Towards Gene-edited Crops

A team of Japanese researchers, led by Dr. Naoko Kato-Nitta, research scientist at Tokyo's Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research and The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, surveyed perceptions of Japanese experts and the public of the benefits, risks, and value of using gene editing for developing crops compared to other emerging or conventional breeding techniques in Japan, where the production of genetically modified (GM) crops is strictly regulated and not readily accepted.

US Ag Secretary Perdue Urges EU to Make Science-based Decisions

United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue urges European policymakers to make science-based decisions if they want to help their farmers tackle concerns over sustainability. Perdue said that decisions on food should be based on science.

Precise Genome Engineering in Rice Using Cas9-VirD2 System for HDR

Precise genome editing by systems like CRISPR-Cas9 needs high-efficiency homology-directed repair (HDR). Various techniques have been developed to improve HDR but with limited success. Thus, scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia fused Cas9 endonuclease and the Agrobacterium VirD2 relaxase (Cas9-VirD2) to facilitate HDR. The results of their study are published in Nature.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

PLANT BREEDING INNOVATIONS

GM APPROVAL UPDATES

Russia approved corn TC1507 for food, feed, and processing.
Russia approved corn MZHG0JG for food, feed, and processing.
Russia approved corn DAS40278 for food, feed, and processing.
South Korea approved canola MS11 for food use.
The Philippines approved corn Bt11 x MIR162 x MON89034 x GA21 for food, feed, and processing.
The Philippines approved potato Y9 for food, feed, and processing.

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