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27,000 Farmers in Bangladesh Reap the Benefits of Bt Brinjal Due to Strong Political Support |
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Grown by an estimated 150,000 resource-poor farmers on 51,000 ha throughout Bangladesh, brinjal is the second-most important vegetable in the country. However, the prevalence of the eggplant fruit and shoot borer or EFSB (Leucinodes orbonalis) continues to plague eggplant production and has also caused severe economic damage. Farmers regularly spray broad-spectrum insecticides 2-3 times a week or even twice a day to control the insect, making the fruit unfit for consumption.
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Researchers Develop Better CRISPR-Cas9 Using GFP Tagged Protoplasts |
 CRISPR-Cas9 is a popular method used to edit genes in various organisms. However, the system may not work properly in the presence of complex high ploidy genomes and inefficient or poorly controlled CRISPR-Cas9 delivery to cells with regenerative potential. Thus, experts from the University of Copenhagen aimed to improve the system's efficiency using Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) of protoplasts. The results are published in BMC Biotechnology.
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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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Speed breeding, together with other state-of-the art technologies such as 
The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) of Switzerland has given permission to the University of Zurich to conduct field trials of 
