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VIB Fact Series on Bananas and GM Food Safety Released |
 VIB, a life sciences research institute, based in Flanders, Belgium, published two new booklets as part of the Facts Series. One of the series is entitled Bananas: The Green Gold of the South, which elaborates on processes to produce new and improved banana varieties that contribute to sustainable, environmentally friendly, and economically viable agriculture. The booklet highlights the crop's history, its importance to the world's economy and threats to production. It also reviews various biotechnological applications in place that can save the banana.
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Agrobacterium-delivered CRISPR/Cas9 for Targeted Mutagenesis in Maize |
 CRISPR/Cas9 is a powerful genome editing tool in several organisms. Although simpler than other nuclease-based genome editing tools, optimization of CRISPR/Cas9 considers the DNA delivery and the tissue regeneration methods of species to be edited. Si Nian Char of the Iowa State University, together with a team of scientists, reported the ISU Maize CRISPR, which uses Agrobacterium-delivered CRISPR/Cas9 to achieve high-frequency targeted mutagenesis in maize.
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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 technical sub-committee of India's Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has said that biotech mustard (Dhara Mustard Hybrid 11 or DMH-11) does not "raise any public health or 
A team of researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) has developed a plant that can outgrow and outcompete its neighbors for light, and defend itself against insects and disease.
