Crop Biotech Update

ISAAA Inc., the ISAAA network of Biotechnology Information Centers, and the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research will hold the webinar Gene Drive Organisms: There is No One Size Fits All on May 19, 2022, at 2:00 PM (GMT+8). The registration is now open to everyone interested.

Philippines Prepares for Golden Rice Seed Deployment

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is currently getting ready for the deployment of Golden Rice to farmers by ramping up its seed production operations.

HB4® Wheat Gets Approval in Australia and New Zealand

Following a thorough safety assessment, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) granted the approval for foods derived from HB4® Wheat to enter the market as imported food products.

UK to Bring Forward a Genetic Technology Bill for Sustainable Agriculture

The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) welcomed the announcement that the UK Government will bring forward new primary legislation, The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill. This Bill will ease the application of particular precision breeding techniques that will not need to go through the restrictive rules for genetically modified crops since the resulting plants could have been a product of natural selection or conventional breeding.

Potato with Amylose-free Starch Developed thru CRISPR-Cas9 Editing

Scientists at Texas A&M University explored the ability of the CRISPR-Cas9 system to knock out four copies of a gene in the tetraploid potato. The results of this two-part study are published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture.

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Turkey approved the maize event MON87427 for feed.
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The USA approved canola event LBFLFK for food and feed.
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