Crop Biotech Update

November 24, 2021

FAO Releases 2021 Report on State of Food and Agriculture

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.

COVID-19 ALERTS

Cuba's Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccines Show Promise

NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

PLANT BREEDING INNOVATIONS

GM APPROVAL UPDATES

The USA approved sugarcane event CTC91087-6 for food and feed.
The USA approved maize event DBN9858 for food and feed.
The USA approved potato event Gen2-Z6 for food and feed.
The USA approved cotton MON88702 for cultivation.
The USA approved petunia event A1-DFR for cultivation.
The USA approved maize event PY203 for cultication.

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