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Contributions of Biotech Crops to Food Security, Sustainability, and Climate Change Solutions
ISAAA Inc. releases a new infographic featuring the contributions of biotech crops to food security, sustainability, and climate change solutions. Biotech crops are adopted globally because of their enormous benefits to the environment, human and animal health, and contributions to improving the socio-economic conditions of farmers and the general public.

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USDA APHIS Releases Regulatory Status Review for Modified Sweet Orange and Maize
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released a response to the regulatory status review for sweet orange modified to impart resistance to citrus greening through reduced production of two host targets of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus effector proteins.

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Ban on GM Corn Could Exacerbate Food Insecurity and Job Loss in Mexico
A survey conducted by agricultural economists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture shows that a fully implemented ban on genetically modified (GM) corn in Mexico could burden lower-income consumers in the country. The study is published in Food Security.

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Researchers Develop Tomato Plants that Contain Full Genetic Material of Both Parent Plants
In a study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, scientists established a system to generate clonal sex cells in tomato plants and used them to design the genomes of offspring. The fertilization of a clonal egg from one parent by a clonal sperm from another parent produced plants containing the complete genetic information of both parents.

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GM APPROVAL UPDATES
  • The Philippines approved the canola event LBFLFK for food, feed, and processing.
  • The Philippines approved the cotton event GFM cry1A for commercial cultivation.
  • Brazil approved the wheat event HB4 for commercial cultivation.
  • The Philippines approved the soybean event GMB 151 for food, feed, and processing.
  • The Philippines approved the eggplant event EE-1 for cultivation
  • The USA approved the canola event MON94100  for food and feed.

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