Golden Rice Gets Approval from Health Canada |
 On March 16, 2018, Health Canada has notified the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) that it has no objection to the food use of Provitamin A Biofortified Rice Event GR2E, more commonly known as Golden Rice. The decision coincides with the approval from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) in December 2017.
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Report: Gains in Corn Production in the Philippines Largely Due to GE Seeds |
 The Philippine Grain and Feed Situation and Outlook was released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS). The report cites data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) that corn production in 2017 reached 7.9 million tons, up 10 percent from 7.2 million ton in 2016. Area harvested increased to 2.55 million hectares from 2.48 million hectares in 2016, while yields improved 7 percent to 3.1 tons per hectare from 2.91 tons per hectare. The major corn producing areas in 2017 include the Cagayan Valley, Northern Mindanao, and Central Mindanao regions. Roughly 35 percent of overall corn harvests occur during the July to September period. Yellow corn accounts for 70-75 percent of total corn output.
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Scientists Shed Light on the Role of Abscisic Acid in Rice Disease Resistance |
 Lesion mimic mutants exhibit spontaneous cell death, thus, can be studied to understand the mechanism of cell death and disease-resistance. Although these mutants have been characterized in rice, the relationship between lesion formation and abscisic acid (ABA) is quite unknown. A team led by Liao Yongxiang from Sichuan Agricultural University in China identified a rice mutant, named lesion mimic mutant9150 (lmm9150). The mutant exhibits spontaneous cell death, enhanced growth, and resistance to rice bacterial and blast diseases.
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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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A team of scientists from Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa (UAS), 
