Crop Biotech Update

Lack of proper preparation will lead to unpredictable shocks that will impact global agrifood systems. This is according to the recently released report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2021 titled Making Agrifood Systems More Resilient to Shocks and Stresses.

Scientists Develop High-Yielding, Biofortified, Drought Tolerant Transgenic Chickpea

Scientists from the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) in India have successfully developed a new high-yielding transgenic desi chickpea variety.

ISAAA Webinar Highlights Importance of Public-Private Dynamics in Agribiotechnology Industry

ISAAA and its network of Biotechnology Information Centers, in partnership with Murdoch University, held a webinar focused on the latest scientific and regulatory updates on gene-edited (GEd) plant products in Asia and Australia. The aim was to share knowledge and advice about the technology and regulations related to it to provide the intended beneficiaries with advice on the production and international trade of the GEd products.

CRISPR-Cas12f1: A Mini Genome Editing Tool

ShanghaiTech University researchers and partners reported a genome editing tool called Cas12f1. Their findings are published in Nature Chemical Biology.

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