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U.S. FDA Approves Arctic® Fuji Apple |
 The United States Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has completed its voluntary review on the Arctic® Fuji Apple, according to Okanagan Specialty Fruit Inc. (OSF). OSF received FDA's notice of review completion on April 26, 2019. They said that this is the last step in the regulatory process that the Arctic® Fuji needs to officially join the commercial orchards, along with Arctic® Golden and Arctic® Granny apples which were previously approved in 2015.
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Experts Develop a Haploid-Inducer Mediated Genome Editing System for Faster Maize Breeding |
 Crop breeding programs aim to develop pure inbred lines with several favorable characteristics. Doubled haploid (DH) and genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9 are two powerful tools in crop breeding. However, both techniques fall short for rapid development of pure elite lines with integrated desired traits. Thus, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences researchers developed a Haploid-Inducer Mediated Genome Editing (IMGE) approach, which uses a maize haploid inducer line carrying a CRISPR-Cas9 cassette targeting for a desired traits to pollinate an elite maize inbred line and to generate genome-edited haploids in the elite maize background. Through this new approach, homozygous pure DH lines with the desired trait could be generated in just two generations, avoiding the long procedure of repeated crossing and backcrossing done in conventional breeding.
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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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The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) announces the appointment of 
