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APAARI and CoA, Taipei Join Hands for Promotion of Agricultural Biotechnology in Asia-Pacific
HHB 67-Improved- The first product of marker-assisted crop breeding in India
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"STRATEGY
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by Dr. R.S. Paroda, Chairman, TAAS
Highlights and Recommendations of the Workshop on Biosafety Regulations for Transgenic Crops and the need
for Harmonizing them in the Asis-Pacific Region
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GENERAL NEWS
$5,000 genome next year, company promises (6 October 2008)
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081006/full/news.2008.1151.html
Breakthrough in natural control of cotton pest in Pakistan
http://www.cabi.org/datapage.asp?iDocID=1237
Sustainable Biofuels Redux (3 October 2008)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/322/5898/49
Australia's New Era for GM Crops (19 September 2008)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/321/5896/1629
Plant biotech bonanza
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v26/n10/full/nbt1008-1060b.html
Drought Resistant GM Crops Ready 'In Four Years' (8 October 2008)
http://www.agbios.com/static/news/NEWSID_10099.php
Genetically modified plants: Global Cultivation Area Cotton (9 October 2008)
Cultivation of GMOs rises in many European countries (30 September 2008)
http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/news/379.docu.html
Vietnam: Certain crops require genetic modification: scientists (1 October 2008)
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2008/10/806498/
GM cotton 'protects neighbouring crops' (22 September 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/gm-cotton-protects-neighbouring-crops-.html
Africa now focuses on biotechnology as poor yields begin to bite (29 September 2008)
http://africasciencenews.org/asns/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=712&Itemid=1
FAO e-mail conference - Bioenergy and agricultural biotechnologies (22 September 2008)
http://www.fao.org/biotech/forum.asp
Selective breeding promises to double jatropha yields (2 October 2008)
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-02/Selective_breeding_promises_to_double_jatropha_yields/
New generation of drug-producing GM crops more dangerous to environment (2 October 2008)
http://greenbio.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-10-02/New_generation_of_drug-producing_GM_crops_more_dangerous_to_environment/
India: Commercialize GM Oilseeds: Experts (30 September 2008)
http://www.ellinghuysen.com/news/biotech.html
Biofuels cited as part of energy security solution (17 September 2008)
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-09-17/Biofuels_cited_as_part_of_energy_security_solution/
GM potato blessing for small farmers (2 September 2008)
http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=27803
bEcon—a web-based bibliography developed by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/becon/becon.asp
Bangladesh steps up to tackle climate change (11 September 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/bangladesh-steps-up-to-tackle-climate-change.html
Indian patent bill: Let's not be too hasty (10 September 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/opinions/indian-patent-bill-let-s-not-be-too-hasty.html
China's push to become global biotechnology leader (8 September 2008)
http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Chinas-push-to-become-global-biotechnology-leader-11560-3-1.html
India: ICAR develops first hybrid of Indian mustard (28 August 2008)
http://www.icar.org.in/news/mustard_hybrid.htm
US federal court upholds ban on genetically-engineered alfalfa (2 September 2008)
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/AlfalfaPR9_2_08.cfm
DuPont uses lasers in seed development (27 August 2008)
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080827/BUSINESS/808270318
Corn genetics may lead to next generation of plant-based biofuels (27 August 2008)
http://www.wattpoultry.com/PoultryUSA/News.aspx?id=25886
Australia: Grain handler promises no GM contamination (26 August 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/26/2346876.htm
“Fingerprinting” helps make great grapes (26 August 2008)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/080826.htm
India: Biosafety data of transgenic brinjal made public (25 August 2008)
http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/25/stories/2008082555781300.htm
Monsanto, China seed expanding Chinese joint venture (22 August 2008)
http://www.biospectrumasia.com/content/220808CHN6883.asp
India: Two institutes to promote research in agri-biotechnology (21 August 2008)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/ET_Cetera/Two_institutes_to_promote_research_in_agri-biotechnology/articleshow/3390786.cms
Study on reproductive biology of two nontarget insect species, Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) and
Orius sauteri (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), on Bt and non-Bt Cotton Cultivars (4 August 2008)
http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1603%2F0046-225X%282008%2937%5B1035%3ARBOTNI%5D2.0.CO%3B2
Study on population dynamics of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Bt Cotton in the Yangtze
River Valley of China (4 August 2008)
http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1603%2F0046-225X%282008%2937%5B1043%3APDOSLL%5D2.0.CO%3B2
Molecular Plant Breeding as the Foundation for 21st Century Crop Improvement (August)
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2008/august/23467.htm
Bt cotton pushes India's farm biotech revenue up by 30% (21 August 2008)
http://www.livemint.com/2008/08/17140941/Bt-cotton-pushes-India8217s.html
Promising results from field studies with drought resistant wheat in Australia (21 August 2008)
http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/654.docu.html
India: Cotton hybrids need to be explored for better yield (19 August 2008)
Monsanto nectariless cotton for 2009 (19 August 2008)
http://deltafarmpress.com/cotton/monsanto-cotton-0819/index.html
India's DBT and ICRISAT to set up Ag-biotech research facility (18 August 2008)
http://www.icrisat.org/Media/2008/media16.htm
Bt maize pollen poses no risk to green lacewings (15 August 2008)
http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/653.docu.html
The world needs GM agriculture (15 August 2008)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/14/gmcrops.food
Australia increases support for food security in Indonesia (12 August 2008)
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/media/release.cfm?BC=Media&ID=7593_3282_2382_6475_4187
Pakistan: Cotton Import May Cost US $1 Billion in 2009 (6 August 2008)
http://www.pabic.com.pk/6%20August,%202008.html
Chinese Scientists Identify Major Regulatory Gene in Rice (May)
http://www.pnas.org/content/105/32/11436.abstract
Monsanto to promote GM soybeans in Japan (31 July, 2008)
http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=19256
India: Help farmers with quality GE seeds (29 July, 2008)
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul292008/editpage2008072881460.asp
Scientists unlock the key to rice nutrition (28 July, 2008)
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/impact/2008/nri/07281_rice_nutrition.html
Gene-chips prove transgenes are clean genes (25 July, 2008)
http://gmopundit.blogspot.com/2008/07/gene-chips-prove-transgenes-are-clean.html
Australia: GM bananas set for initial trial (24 July, 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/24/2313045.htm
Japan to boost rice production as alternative to corn, wheat (24 July 2008)
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/japan/2008/07/24/166988/Japan-to.htm
Philippines: Department of Agriculture rushes biotech programs to raise aggie output (17 July, 2008)
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/107618/DA-rushes-biotech-programs-to-raise-aggie-output
India: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University aims to eliminate a virus plaguing India's papaya crops (July 2008)
http://span.state.gov/wwwhspjulyaug088.html
Pakistan's government forms body to introduce new variety of Bt-Cotton (25 July, 2008)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C07%5C25%5Cstory_25-7-2008_pg5_15
India: Punjab agricultural university to update farmers knowledge on IPM in cotton (23 July, 2008)
Good and Evil: A cancer vaccine from tobacco plants (22 July, 2008)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=cancer-vaccine-tobacco-plants
Western Australia farmers back GM cotton trial (22 July, 2008)
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=146&ContentID=86239
Negative attitudes 'hindering' China GM commercialization (24 July, 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/negative-attitudes-hindering-china-gm-commercialis.html
Allergen-free GM plants may boost food safety: experts (21 July, 2008)
http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=86624-allergens-tomatoes-peanuts
Costly mushroom sprouts in Bhutan labs (18 July, 2008)
http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10795
Chinese rice products containing an unauthorized rice(16 July, 2008)
http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2008/jul/bt63update
India: NBRA should create an environment for sound application of biotech(14 July, 2008)
http://www.agbios.com/main.php?action=ShowNewsItem&id=9809
Australia continues to test drought-resistant GM wheat (18 July, 2008)
http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/news/371.docu.html
Food concerns prompt China to prioritise GM rice (18 July, 2008)
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/food-concerns-prompt-china-to-prioritise-gm-rice_10072459.html
Bangladesh: Increasing yield of cotton (18 July, 2008)
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/07/17/news0775.htm
DuPont gets OK for genetically altered soybeans (17 July, 2008)
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS/80717022/
Philippines hike S&T budget by US$10 million (16 July, 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/philippines-hike-s-t-budget-by-us-10-million.html
New jatropha biofuel venture in Philippines (16 July, 2008)
http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-07-16/New_jatropha_biofuel_venture_in_Philippines/
Taiwan centre exports vegetable technology (15 July, 2008)
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1417002.php/Taiwan_centre_exports_vegetable_technology__Feature_
India: Biotechnology to determine female palmyrah plant in nursery (13 July, 2008)
http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/holnus/015200807131240.htm
Controlled release of GM banana in Australia (11 July, 2008)
http://www.ogtr.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/Content/dir079-2007
Due to rising food needs, transgenic wheat could be on the rise worldwide
(9 July, 2008)
http://www.grainnet.com/articles/due_to_rising_food_needs__transgenic_wheat_could_be_on_the_rise_worldwide-60115.html
India: ICRISAT releases world's first CMS pigeonpea hybrid
http://www.icrisat.org/Media/2008/media11.htm
China approves transgenic species development program (10 July 2008)
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90884/6446411.html
India produced record 231 million tonne foodgrains in 2007-08 (9 July 2008)
http://www.icar.org.in/news/Record-production-foodgrain.htm
Philippines: PCARRD sustains support to plant conservation efforts (9 July 2008)
http://www2.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1132&Itemid=118
GM wheat about to be planted in western Victoria (9 July 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200807/s2298589.htm
Korea: Tomato vaccine may prevent Alzheimer's disease (8 July 2008)
The Rich World and the Food Crisis (8 July 2008)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121547397953534035.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
India: Keventer plans banana processing unit in Bihar (7 July 2008)
http://www.business-standard.com/general/storypage_test.php?autono=327991
Malaysia to evolve as biotechnology hub (6 July 2008)
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200807061423.htm
Comparison of GM and non-GM Raspberries (4 July 2008)
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jafcau/asap/abs/jf800253e.html
Pakistan: Punjab University seed centre produces hybrid seed through tissue culture (2 July 2008)
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2008/july/23094.htm
GMO wheat may help solve food crisis, Australian scientist says (4 July, 2008)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3njYPvYoKr0
Indian scientists developing drought-resistant groundnut (3 July, 2008)
http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20080703/31467.htm
Tiny gene discovered hiding in a major family of plant viruses (3 July, 2008)
http://www.hpj.com/archives/2008/jun08/jun30/Tinygenediscoveredhidingina.cfm
South Korea quietly steps up GMO corn imports for food (2 July, 2008)
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/49124/story.htm
Philippines: UPLB rushes work on breeding virus-resistant abaca (29 June, 2008)
http://www.gmanews.tv:80/story/103963/UPLB-rushes-work-on-breeding-virus-resistant-abaca
Fortified cassava could provide a day’s nutrition in a single meal (30 June, 2008)
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/tropicalag.htm
The 21st century tomato (28 June, 2008)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/asop-t2c062308.php
New DuPont molecular markers increase soybean productivity (27 June, 2008)
http://greenbio.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-06-27/New_DuPont_molecular_markers_increase_soybean_productivity/
Taiwan: Government plans development of five bio-agricultural parks (27 June, 2008)
http://news.cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_23823.html
Australian's limited and controlled release of wheat genetically modified for drought tolerance (30 June 2008)
India's new National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA) (28 June 2008)
http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/press-release08/consultation-nbra.htm
India: Mahyco receives seed production approval for Bt egg plant (27 June 2008)
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2008/june/22975.htm
Japan tries turning rice into fuel (25 June 2008)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121435999640402271.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Ancient Mexican maize varieties (25 June 2008)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/asop-amm062308.php
India cotton output may climb 11%, biggest buyer says (25 June 2008)
http://www.in.all-biz.info/news/index.php?newsid=259
Indonesia: Jatropha hurt by lack of promotion: Experts (25 June 2008)
http://old.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20080625.H02
Major progress in technology needed for 25 percent renewable energy use to be affordable (25 June 2008)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/rc-mpi062408.php
USDA signs agreement with Philippines on agricultural cooperation (25 June 2008)
http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=24340
Vietnam to discuss safety in biotechnology at ASEAN workshop (June 18, 2008)
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2008/06/789157/
Australia: Drought-tolerant wheat on the way (June 18, 2008)
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0618/food.html?rss
India strives for alternative bioenergy resources (June 18, 2008)
http://www.icis.com/Articles/2008/06/18/9133156/india-strives-for-alternative-bioenergy-resources.html
Algae set to revolutionize fuel production (June 18, 2008)
http://www.newsbureau.ca/Content.aspx?item=1856
GM crops restrain price rises, says economist (June 17, 2008)
http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=85949-gm-crops-restrain
A-maizing: Asia's drought-resistant maize varieties (June 16, 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/features/a-maizing-asia-s-drought-resistant-maize-varieties.html
Hope for crops that cope with adverse weather (June 16, 2008)
http://westernfarmpress.com/news/brandon-column-0616/
Genetic engineering of improved nitrogen use efficiency in rice by the tissue-specific expression of alanine aminotransferase (June 13, 2008)
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00351.x
India declares "food safety and quality year 2008-09 (June 11, 2008)
http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39519
Toxicological assessment of pollen from different bt rice lines on bombyx Mori (Lepidoptera: Bombyxidae) (June 3, 2008)
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/envent/2008/00000037/00000003/art00026
Cutting edge science helps the poor overcome soaring food prices (28 May 2008)
http://www.icrisat.org/Media/2008/media7.htm
EU environmental ministers agree GM approval overhall (6 June 2008)
http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?articleID=6839
Transgenic wheat has increased polyamines (12 June 2008)
http://greenbio.checkbiotech.org/news/2008-06-12/Transgenic_wheat_has_increased_polyamines/
Integrated Pest Management is important in Bt Corn (12 June 2008)
http://www.wisconsinagriculturist.com/index.aspx?ascxid=fpStory&fpsid=34264&fpstid=2
Australia: Worldwide mission to solve iron deficiency (11 June 2008)
http://www.physorg.com/news132394744.html
Landec Corporation and Monsanto enter into partnership agreement to develop broccoli and cauliflower varieties with novel traits (10 June 2008)
http://www.centredaily.com/business/story/646608.html
Genetically modified plants don’t harm beneficial bugs that kill pests (8 June 2008)
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/247705.php/Genetically-modified-plants-dont-harm-beneficial-bugs-that-kill-pests
Biotech giants demand a high price for saving the planet (9 June 2008)
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/biotech-giants-demand-a-high-price-for-saving-the-planet-842480.html
India under fire for 'misleading' biosafety statements (6 June 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/india-under-fire-for-misleading-biosafety-statemen.html
Philippines: Rice scientists call for increased funding for research to boost crops (5 June 2008)
http://voanews.com/english/2008-06-05-voa10.cfm
Hybrid rice gives hope of food self-sufficiency for Filipinos faced with rice crisis (4 June 2008)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/04/content_8311921.htm
WA farmers angry over GM bans (3 June 2008)
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/WA-farmers-angry-over-GM-bans-F9AJM
Crop wild relatives need better protection (23 May 2008)
http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?id=6815
Terminator seed ban under threat (22 May 2008)
http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?id=6811
Transgenic plants don't hurt beneficial bugs (4 June 2008)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080603182545.htm
India cotton production may reach record on new seed (4 June 2008)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ahAjSJSY_5.4&refer=home
Philippines: Food crisis may open door to genetically modified rice (4 June 2008)
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=120522
Chairman of Syngenta’s board high on modern agriculture (4 June 2008)
http://www.betterfarming.com/online-news/chairman-syngenta%E2%80%99s-board-high-modern-agriculture-686
Australia: Premier calls for national guidelines on GM foods (3 June 2008)
http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2008/06/03/wa-government-calls-for-a-halt-to-gm-food-approvals.html
China: Researchers boost yields of rice-waste biofuel (2 June 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/researchers-boost-yields-of-rice-waste-biofuel-.html
Bangladesh to launch flood-resistant rice in 2009 (2 June 2008)
Philippines: Researchers developing disease-resistant abaca (1 June 2008)
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=3&fi=p080601.htm&no=21&date=06/01/2008
India: Govt planning autonomous body to regulate GM crop development (1 June 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Govt-planning-autonomous-body-to-regulate-GM-crop-development/317265/
GM maize to tackle HIV (29 May 2008)
http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/news/ng.asp?id=85565
Declining grain stocks may ease resistance to biotech (28 May, 2008)
http://www.agbios.com/main.php?action=ShowNewsItem&id=9637
Genetic pesticide for termites developed in Florida (28 May, 2008)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2008/2008-05-28-093.asp
BASF signs research contract with Taiwanese institute on rice, corn genes (27 May, 2008)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/24836248/
Pakistan: BT cotton can be helpful in economic growth (26 May, 2008)
http://pakobserver.net/200805/26/news/business05.asp
India: TNAU ventures into developing transgenic hill banana (26 May, 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/TNAU-ventures-into-developing-transgenic-hill-banana/314394/
India: GEAC calls for socio-economic survey of BT brinjal (23 May, 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/GEAC-calls-for-socioeconomic-survey-of-Bt-brinjal/313798/
Monsanto and Syngenta reach royalty-bearing licensing agreement on roundup ready to yield soybean technology (23 May, 2008)
http://monsanto.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=604
Scientists back the use of maize as an efficient 'factory' for protein-based pharmaceutical products (23 May, 2008)
http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=529506&ez_search=1
Philippines: Biofuels won’t cause food crisis, says expert (22 May, 2008)
http://www.bworldonline.com/BW052208/content.php?id=054
China: Activated expression of an Arabidopsis HD-START protein confers drought tolerance with improved root
system and reduced stomatal density (30 April, 2008)
http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/4/1134
Biofortification for China: Political responses to food fortification and GM technology, interest groups, and
possible strategies (22 May 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=17989
India: Maharashtra fixes Bt cotton price at 750 rupees (21 May 2008)
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINBOM14325420080521
First draft of oil palm genome completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology (21 May 2008)
http://www.syntheticgenomics.com/press/2008-05-21.htm
Pakistan on Ug99 high alert (21 May 2008)
http://www.fas.usda.gov/scripts/gd.asp?ID=146294600
Researchers identify genetic "Fix" for problem in some sweet corn (21 May 2008)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/080521.htm
Time for an organic-GM peace treaty (19 May 2008)
http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n=85348&c=BsQPsnsxVtZBKW1qgascQA
India: Sweet sorghum: a new smart biofuel crop that ensures food security (16 May 2008)
http://seedquest.com/News/releases/2008/may/22632.htm
Golden Rice: First field tests in the Philippines (19 April 2008)
http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/news/358.docu.html
Biotech companies rush to patent plant genes (16 May 2008)
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080516/full/news.2008.834.html
Patent threat in emerging economies shifts to biotech
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nbt0508-481
Pakistan: Committees formed to promote Bt cotton (16 May 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=17921
India looks to nanotechnology to boost agriculture (16 May 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/india-looks-to-nanotechnology-to-boost-agriculture.html
Agri-biotech firms committing 'intellectual property grab' (16 May 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/agri-biotech-firms-committing-intellectual-propert.html
China's Government has been putting more emphasis on fuel ethanol development
(16 May 2008)
http://www.pr-inside.com/china-s-government-has-been-putting-more-r592096.htm
Bayer CropScience launches first global hybrid rice variety resistant to bacterial leaf blight in India (15 May 2008)
http://www.domain-b.com/companies/companies_b/bayer/20080515_bayer.html
Pakistan: Call to use genetically modified organisms in agriculture (14 May 2008)
http://www.phdeb.org.pk/topstoriesEvents/events_detail.php?id=2704
China: Scientists find 'yield-improving rice gene' (14 May 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/scientists-find-yield-improving-rice-gene-.html
Egypt approves commercialization of first GM crop (13 May 2008)
http://scidev.net/en/news/egypt-approves-commercialisation-of-first-gm-crop.html
Australia eyes big gains from GMO crops (12 May 2008)
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=561230
India: Tremendous scope for vertical growth in biotech crops (9 May 2008)
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/05/09/stories/2008050951921100.htm
Philippine government denies Greenpeace claim of GMO contamination in US rice (3 May 2008)
Genetically-modified crops get mixed response in Asia (7 May, 2008)
http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/05091718/Genetically-modified-crops-get.html
Mandatory GMO labeling is the best solution – Korea (6 May, 2008)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805060028.html
India: Price controls to hit Bt cotton growth in Gujarat (6 May, 2008)
http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15316&p_type=Cotton
China: Is This the Rice Super-Gene? (5 May, 2008)
http://www.france24.com/en/20080505-rice-super-gene?pop=TRUE
Australian agbiotech company is developing a grass that will cut the amount of methane cows burp up and grow in hotter climes
(5 May, 2008)
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2008/may/22494.htm
India: Hybrid maize to create bigger revolution than Bt cotton (5 May, 2008)
http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/015200805051240.htm
Philippines: Ecology group sounds alarm over GMO rice (5 May, 2008)
http://www.bic.searca.org/news/2008/may/phi/05.html
New Zealand: GM pines cleared of risk to the environment (2 May, 2008)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10507475
Vietnamese scientists extract biodiesel from sesame (2 May, 2008)
http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/online/default.asp?Date=5/2/2008#2478
Australia: GM seed in high demand for farmers (2 May, 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200805/s2233511.htm
GM plants to provide plastic alternative (1 May, 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/29/2230630.htm
Australia: 'Lipstick Plant' Offers to Bring New Meaning to the Term Plastic Flower
(30 April, 2008)
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Lipstick-plant39-offers-to-bring.4032758.jp
North Carolina Biotechnology, Biofuels Centers honor Syngenta with third annual Industrial Biotechnology
Leadership Award (30 April, 2008)
http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=01news.db&command=viewone&id=3140&op=t
Philippine government stands firm on biofuels (30 April, 2008)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKMAN22507620080430
India needs second ‘green revolution’: farm scientist (29 April, 2008)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/wl_sthasia_afp/indiainflationpovertyfoodswaminathan_080430033635
Australia: GM seeds planted (29 April, 2008)
http://www.countrynews.com.au/story.asp?TakeNo=200804289405737
India: Pests emerging concern for Bt cotton (28 April, 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Pests-emerging-concern-for-Bt-cotton/302372/
Monsanto Company and Mendel Biotechnology announce cellulosic biofuels collaboration (28 April, 2008)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=13062
Australia: Insect genes to make crops drip lube (28 April, 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/28/2227552.htm
IRRI’s new miracles: Aerobic, submarine rice (27 April, 2008)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080427-132939/IRRIs-new-miracles-Aerobic-submarine-rice
Pakistan: BT cotton need of the hour (27 April, 2008)
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=109206
China: GMO coupled with organic farms best for environment (24 April, 2008)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080424/ts_nm/food_gmo_organic_dc
As the world begins to starve it's time to take GM seriously (27 April, 2008)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/27/gmcrops.food
China: Scientists sequence GM papaya genome (24 April 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/scientists-sequence-gm-papaya-genome.html
Australia: GM crops linked to $200m farm package (24 April 2008)
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/gm-crops-linked-to-200m-farm-package/2008/04/23/1208743040386.html
Taiwan: Gov't may abandon biofuel project (23 April 2008)
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/%20business/2008/04/23/153128/Gov%27t%2Dmay.htm
Philippines: Gov’t to set aside P10B for hybrid rice improvement (23 April 2008)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=132197
Indo-Australian fund for GM crops research likely (23 April 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/IndoAustralian-fund-for-GM-crops-research-likely/300889/
Gene find to improve herbicide tolerance (23 April 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/23/2225571.htm?section=justin
Japan too should be part of agricultural biotechnology (23 April 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=17677
India: MMB launches drive against illegal Bt Cotton seeds (23 April 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=17665
US 'plans cut to global agricultural research funds'(22 April 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/us-plans-cut-to-global-agricultural-research-funds.html
Australian Grain Technologies releases two new feed grade wheat varieties with top rust resistance (22 April 2008)
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2008/april/22376.htm
India: New BT variety may push short staple cotton output (22 April 2008)
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=0&autono=320732
Food-price hike may heighten biotech debate (21 April 2008)
http://www.bic.searca.org/e-news/newsfeature/newsfeature.html
Biotech Wheat: Buyers would benefit from increased supply (21 April 2008)
http://www.truthabouttrade.org/content/view/11517/54/
Chinese rice faces GE tests in New Zealand (17 April, 2008)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4483364a6009.html
Philippines: US mulls funding for IRRI (16 April, 2008)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080415-130606/US-mulls-funding-for-IRRI
Gene therapy: GM crops could solve the world food crisis (16 April, 2008)
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/henry_miller/2008/04/gene_therapy.html
Japan food maker starts buying genetically modified corn (15 April, 2008)
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=640031&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_world&cate_rss=WORLD_eng
Science and technology are key to growing more food (15 April, 2008)
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2008/april/22331.htm
Philippines to launch biosafety-clearing house (15 April, 2008)
http://www.bic.searca.org/e-news/newsfeature/newsflash.html
Arcadia Biosciences and MAHYCO announce multi-crop, multi-technology licensing agreement (14 April, 2008)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=13016
Philippines: GM golden rice to take the field (11 April, 2008)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Latest_News/GM_Golden_Rice_to_take_the_field_/articleshow/2942820.cms
Transgenic tobacco accumulating a high level polymer (11 April, 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=17546
OIC science committee moves up a gear (8 April, 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/oic-science-committee-moves-up-a-gear.html
Australia: Warning on GM herbicide resistance (10 April 2008)
http://sl.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/general/warning-on-gm-herbicide-resistance/84498.aspx
EU and India to deepen biotech research ties (9 April 2008)
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=29319
Philippines: Hybrid rice is ‘solution to growing food crises’ (9 April 2008)
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=211866&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25
India: Show GM food data, says court (9 April 2008)
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080409/jsp/nation/story_9113899.jsp
Chinese rice imports 'tainted with illegal GM strain', food watchdog warns (9 April 2008)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/text/print.html?in_article_id=558537&in_page_id=1770
Novel 'Gene Toggles' in rice, world's top food crop (8 April 2008)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080409174609.htm
Australia: GM canola seed sells out ahead of planned autumn planting (8 April 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/07/2209686.htm
Major Japanese wet miller to buy biotech corn for food production (3 April 2008)
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=210746
Japan rejects GM corn for human food (24 March 2008)
http://www.agbios.com/main.php?action=ShowNewsItem&id=9397
Indian patent bill stirs debate among scientists (3 April 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/indian-patent-bill-stirs-debate-among-scientists.html
Huge virulence gene superfamily responsible for devastating plant diseases (3 April 2008)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12973
Transgenic crops can persist for ten years (2 April 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=17419
India to set up National Biofuel Development Board (2 April 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Biofuels.aspx?infoId=17426
Asia Pacific research to benefit from Australian aid (1 April 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/asia-pacific-research-to-benefit-from-australian-a.html
Level playing field for GM crop field trials (31 March 2008)
http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech/more.php?id=6707
GM sugarcane trials in Brazil, Australia (31 March 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/GM-sugarcane-trials-in-Brazil--Australia/290404/
GM crops will benefit Australian economy (31 March 2008)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1674167
Soon, Blue Cotton to storm the world! (29 March 2008)
http://www.commodityonline.com/news/topstory/newsdetails.php?id=6824
China to launch billion-dollar GM programme (26 March 2008)
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/March/26030801.asp
Philippines: Palace issues EO 710 to adopt FSTP as a national program (24 March 2008)
http://www.bar.gov.ph/news/FSTP.asp
A built-in strategy for contaiment of transgenic plants (26 March 2008)
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pone.0001818
ICRISAT launches centre of excellence in genomics, Bio-Food knowledge centre
(26 March 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=17327
Chinese crops hurting from drought (25 March 2008)
http://wallacesfarmer.com/index.aspx?ascxid=fpStory&fpsid=32897&fpstid=1
The genome of an agricultural pest (25 March 2008)
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/20454/
China: Origin agritech updates genetically modified pipeline (24 March 2008)
Monsanto, Greenpeace clash over GM brinjal safety in India (22 March 2008)
http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=317679
Highly specific gene silencing successful in rice (21 March 2008)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080319093106.htm
Philippines: Biotech eggplants harvested from experimental plot (14 March 2008)
http://www.malaya.com.ph/mar14/agri2.htm
Chinese biofuel 'could endanger biodiversity' (18 March 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/chinese-biofuel-could-endanger-biodiversity-.html
China: six rice hybrid seeds approved (20 March 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=17301
Australia: GM foods 'probably safer' than others: scientist (19 March 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/19/2193579.htm
Chinese biofuel 'could endanger biodiversity' (18 March 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/chinese-biofuel-could-endanger-biodiversity-.html
India: Biotechnology may get separate ministry (18 March 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Biotechnology-may-get-separate-ministry/285497/
India: NGO protest against impact of genetically engineered brinjals (18 March 2008)
http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/015200803180341.htm
Soaring corn prices test Japanese distaste for GMO (17 March 2008)
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/47536/story.htm
Scientists identify ‘Sun’ gene that turns a round tomato long and thin (14 March 2008)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3549533.ece
Australia to grow first GMO canola in 2008(14 March 2008)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKSYD24958420080314
Indonesia develops a biotech drought tolerant rice (19 March 2008)
(http://www.agbioworld.org/newsletter_wm/index.php?caseid=archive&newsid=2803 )
South Asian nations team up for food security (11 March 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/news/south-asian-nations-team-up-for-food-security.html
Pakistani utility purchases 7MW of green cogenerated power based on sugarcane waste biogas (25 February 2008)
http://www.sooknet.com/technology/news.cfm?ID=56205
Gene to increase yield through genetic engineering, uses less land and resources
(13 March 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=17249
Qatar plans law on GM products (13 March 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=17262
Conservation areas 'neglected' under current efforts (12 March 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/news/conservation-areas-neglected-under-current-efforts.html
Bacterium gets wheels turning on ethanol fuel (11 March 2008)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/09/AR2008030901983.html?hpid=topnews
South Asian nations team up for food security (11 March 2008)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/south-asian-nations-team-up-for-food-security.html
New report indicates large GM potential for South Asia (7 March 2008)
http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/news/348.docu.html
As biotech crops span globe, backers cheer growth (7 March 2008)
US: Demand for GM foods growing with food prices, say supporters (7 March 2008)
http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=83822-isaaa-gm-corn-food-prices-soy
Australia: Farms set for genetically modified canola crops (1 March 2008)
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23299397-2862,00.html
Pakistan: NIBGE to undertake 11 new research projects from March (27 February 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=17076
The United Nations' Unscientific War on Biotechnology (7 February 2008)
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1574
US: Gasoline could go from 10% ethanol up to 20% (6 March 2008)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2008-03-04-e20-ethanol-fuel_N.htm
Northern Ireland MLAs seek GM feed imports (4 March 2008)
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0304/breaking2.htm
Brazil GMO firm seeks cellulosic ethanol from cane (4 March 2008)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN0428150920080304?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
Microarray analyses reveal that plant mutagenesis may induce more transcriptomic changes than transgene insertion (4 March 2008)
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0707881105v1
Biotechnology delivers better Alfalfa (4 March 2008)
http://hayandforage.com/alfalfasymposium/coverage/biotechnology-delivers-better-alfalfa/
Biotechnology will transform sustainable Biofuel production, BIO says
(4 March 2008)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12900
EU: GM maize- 110,000 hectares under cultivation (4 March 2008)
http://www.gmocompass.org/eng/agri_biotechnology/gmo_planting/191.gm_maize_110000_hectares_under_cultivation.html
New GM potatoes to be planted by Czech farmers soon (3 March 2008)
http://aktualne.centrum.cz/czechnews/clanek.phtml?id=522881
Philippines: Commercial production of GM eggplant, papaya seen in 2 yrs (2 March 2008)
http://www.philstar.com/scripts/article_print.php?PhilStar&id=2008030154&type=2
China: new corn hybrid seeds approved in provinces throughout China (2 March 2008)
Kaua‘I: GMO taro bill moves forward (3 March 2008)
http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/03/04/news/news01.txt
Gene discovery provides new tool to develop drought-tolerant crops (28 February 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=17102
High food prices push China towards GMO: Scientist (27 February 2008)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK8867220080227
After corn, Asia may seek GMO soy as costs rise (27 February 2008)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSHKG6950220080227
Feed the World? We are fighting a losing battle, UN admits (26 February 2008)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/26/food.unitednations?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
French researchers unveil the genetic code of the pea (26 February 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=17058
Researchers map corn plant's genome (26 February 2008)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j5KuarXuQyKJkGHBwMxTC-E3yCIgD8V1KN2O0
S. Korea import of GMO corn first for food use (26 February 2008)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKSEO5660820080226
GM crops can meet India's food, biofuel needs (25 February 2008)
http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-32133720080225?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
Coping with water scarcity in developing countries: What role for agricultural biotechnologies? (25 February 2008)
http://www.fao.org/biotech/logs/C14/summary.htm
Washington University unveils draft sequence of corn genome (25 February 2008)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12860
Global agricultural biotechnology market to exceed $8.0 billion by 2009, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (25 February 2008)
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2008/february/21888.htm
'Doomsday vault' opens (27 February 2007) http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080227/full/4511037b.html
CBDMT announces the invisible revolution: White Biotechnology (24 February 2008)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/2/prweb717413.htm
Japanese team tweaks rice to serve as drug delivery system (22 February 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=17037
The next green revolution (21 February 2008)
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10727808
Italy: 67% of farmers are ready to grow GMOs immediately says a Demoskopea survey (21 February 2008)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12835
Australia will promote drought-resistant crops (20 February 2008)
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=22793
Failure on GM crops could ruin livestock industry, EU farmers warn (20 February 2008)
Philippines approves entry of Monsanto transgenic soybeans (19 February 2008)
Indians pull off rice gene feat (19 February 2008)
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080220/jsp/nation/story_8924940.jsp
Biofuel: Gene scientists find secret to oil yield from corn (19 February 2008)
http://www.physorg.com/news122479297.html
Philippines: RP cited as top GM corn producer (19 February 2008)
http://www.bic.searca.org/e-news/newsfeature/newsfeature.html
India: SC gives nod to GM food trials (14 February, 2008)
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?autono=313749&leftnm=3&subLeft=0&chkFlg
Global status of commercialized biotech/GM Crops: 2007 (13 February, 2008)
http://www.isaaa.org/resources/publications/briefs/37/executivesummary/default.html
EU: Genetically safer (13 February, 2008)
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=304109
Brazil gives final approval for GMO corn varieties (12 February, 2008)
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN1225307620080212
Philippines: More funds for agri biotech promised (12 February, 2008)
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/02112008/nation02.html
French ban on GM corn strain becomes official (8 February, 2008)
http://www.france24.com/en/20080209-french-ban-gm-corn-strain-becomes-official-france-gm-food
Biotech premium discounts attract attention of farmers (8 February, 2008)
http://www.iowafarmer.com/articles/2008/02/08/top_stories/04biotechinsure.txt
Global challenge feed the world (8 February, 2008)
India: Vice-President calls for harnessing biotechnology (7 February, 2008)
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=20055
Engineering fungal resistance in rice (8 February 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16899
Bt cotton resistance found (8 February 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16898
EU: Disastrous fallout from slow GM approvals process (7 February 2008)
http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/farming/display.var.2024833.0.Disastrous_fallout_from_slow_GM_approvals_process.php
ASA welcomes regulatory approvals for next generation soybean seed in key Asian countries (5 February 2008)
http://www.soygrowers.com/newsroom/releases/2008_releases/r020508.htm
Australia: GM bananas in field trials (6 February 2008)
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/2007/s2155600.htm
India: Bt cotton acreage touches 66% in current season (4 February 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Bt-cotton-acreage-touches-66-in-current-season/269096/
Blue roses to go on sale in Japan (4 February 2008)
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h16gis8xPtDd2eC10zE8NZFD_g4A
Fickle European GM policies stifle competition, say experts (4 February 2008)
http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n=82986-europabio-gm-crop-competition-research
New Zealand: No need to cry, our scientists know their onions (4 February 2008)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=206&objectid=10490023
Bacterium sequenced makes rare form of chlorophyll (4 February 2008)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/wuis-bsm020408.php
Farmers may have Golden Rice by 2011-IRRI (31 January, 2008)
http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/30153024/Farmers-may-have-Golden-Rice-b.html
India: Agri-biotech sector grows at 30% (31 January, 2008)
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?autono=311981&leftnm=0&subLeft=0&chkFlg
Nobel Laureate Steven Chu sees a biofuels revolution (31 January, 2008)
http://biopact.com/2008/01/nobel-laureate-steven-chu-sees-biofuels.html
Using DNA, scientists hunt for the roots of the modern potato (28 January, 2008)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12750
India: Sharp increase in Bollgard cotton acreage, claims MMB (28 January, 2008)
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/015200801271201.htm
China: Transgenic rice seeds still await go-ahead (28 January, 2008)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-01/26/content_6422539.htm
New corn herbicides help weed control (24 January, 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=16763
BASF expands GM activities in competitive Asia Pacific (24 January, 2008)
http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=82758-basf-nibs-gm-crops-competitiveness
Genetically modified changes in wind (23 January, 2008)
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23094006-2862,00.html
HIV Vaccine from tomatoes, a long awaited gift for millions (23 January, 2008)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12733
Korea: Biotech crops encroaching on table (22 January, 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=16734
India may turn big producer of GM rice, vegetables by 2010 (24 January 2008)
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/01/24/stories/2008012450911300.htm
Scientists find way to increase corn's vitamin A (18 January 2008)
http://www.agbios.com/static/news/NEWSID_9188.php
Norway donates CHF406,000 for food, animal and plant health standards (24 January 2008)
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres08_e/pr509_e.htm
How the world invests in R&D (23 January 2008)
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080123/full/451378a.html
EU lawyers say no to Poland's biotech ban (21 January 2008)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKL2151842320080121
India: Draft protocols on toxicity and allergenicity testing of transgenic crops
http://www.igmoris.nic.in/NOTE_FOR_THE_WEBSITE.htm
India: Draft Guidelines for Safety Assessment of GMF in India (25 January 2008)
http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/online/default.asp?Date=1/25/2008#2047
Nitrogen fixation process to combat drought in legumes (24 January 2008)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=16762
Transgenic barley with disease resistance and improved brewing properties (17 January 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16692
Philippines: Western Visayas joins top eggplant-producing Regions (17 January 2008)
http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&fi=p080117.htm&no=42&r=&y=&mo=
The western corn rootworm: On its way to European maize fields (17 January 2008)
http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/news/stories/190.western_corn_rootworm_its_way_european_maize_fields.html
EU could ban its own biofuels and be forced to import all fuels from poor (16 January 2008)
http://biopact.com/2008/01/eu-could-ban-its-own-biofuels-and-speed.html
Much more coming in cotton transgenics (15 January 2008)
http://westernfarmpress.com/cotton/transgenics-herbicides-0108/
GM carrot may help treat osteoporosis (14 January 2008)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/01/14/scicarrot114.xml
Biotech companies race for drought-tolerant crops (14 January 2008)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN1149367520080114
Pine beetle target of DNA research (13 January 2008)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080113.wbeetle0113/BNStory/Science/home
French farmers criticize ban on Monsanto's corn seed (12 January 2008)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aKO082yMxGxg&refer=europe
Genetically modified food and international trade (11 January 2008)
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/dp/ifpridp00740.asp
Harmonize organic farming with biotechnology, says noted Indian scientist
(10 January, 2008)
http://www.medindia.com/news/Harmonise-Organic-Farming-With-Biotechnology-Says-Noted-Indian-Scientist-31645-1.htm
Pakistan: Government to introduce genetically modified cottonseed in 2009 (9 January, 2008)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C01%5C09%5Cstory_9-1-2008_pg5_11
Biotech firm’s carbon credit plan for GM rice (9 January, 2008)
http://www.newconsumer.com/news/item/biotech_firms_carbon_credit_plan_for_gm_rice/
India: DRDO develops transgenic tomato (8 January, 2008)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/DRDO-develops-transgenic-tomato/258682/
Grass biofuels 'cut CO2 by 94%' (8 January, 2008)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7175397.stm
Malaysia: Biotech for superior pineapple produces (7 January, 2008)
http://www.bic.org.my/?action=news&do=display&go=Agbiotech&id=070108NST-0
Philippines extends commercial use of Monsanto's transgenic corn (7 January, 2008)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200801070147DOWJONESDJONLINE000076_FORTUNE5.htm
China vows help for biofuels from non-food (4 January, 2008) crops
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan04/agri3.htm
Pioneer releases 59 new hybrids for 2008 planting (3 January, 2008)
http://www.pioneer.com/web/site/portal/menuitem.9857fbf220a03204a0030d05d10093a0/
Chinese health biotech and the billion-patient market (Jan 2008)
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v26/n1/full/nbt0108-37.html
Herbicide-tolerant crops are coming http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec312007/national2007123043981.asp
Australia looks to GM crops after scorching 2007 (3 January 2008)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=16545
Safety of GE corn queried by scientist (2 January 2008) http://www.agbios.com/static/news/NEWSID_9125.php
Missouri mandates ethanol in gasoline (31 December 2007) http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/12/31/ap4482394.html
Canada: Organic food needs better testing (31 December 2007)http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/12/31/organic-test.html
Biotechnology victimized by irresponsible activism (30 December 2007)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071230/COMMENTARY/407743922
The climate threat to Japanese rice (29 December 2007) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7148662.stm
Microscopic alternative to biofuels (29 December 2007)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95de5afa-b4a3-11dc-990a-000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
Yemen: Ministry of Agriculture to invest in genetically modified crop (27 December 2007)
http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1115&p=business&a=2
Latin America and EU to collaborate on biotechnology (27 December 2007)
http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/latin-america-and-eu-to-collaborate-on-biotechnology.cfm
Biologists find unusual plant gene: abstinence by mutual consent (26 December 2007)
http://www.bic.org.my/?action=news&do=display&go=Agbiotech&id=261207SD-0
Thailand: Cabinet refuses to lift ban on open-field crop trials
(December 26, 2007)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/26Dec2007_news16.php
Biotechnology driving U.S. farm growth (December 21, 2007)
http://southwestfarmpress.com/news/122107-biotechnology-growth/
Monsanto: YieldGard VT Triple™ achieves more than 12 bushel yield advantage over pioneer Herculex® XTRA (December 21, 2007)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12614
Total economic impact of transgenic herbicide tolerant canola Can$ 464 million over Ten Years (December 21, 2007)
http://gmopundit.blogspot.com/2007/12/total-economic-impact-of-transgenic.html
EU decision on GMO testing opens door for U.S. rice (December 21, 2007)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16510
Australia: GM bananas could solve panama plight (December 20, 2007)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/20/2124584.htm?site=nt
EU Member States Call for Increased Industrial Use of Biomass (December 20, 2007)
http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/eu-member-states-call-increased-industrial-use-biomass/article-169297
Malaysia: GM Eggplant in 'Confined' environment next year
(December 20, 2007)
http://www.malaya.com.ph/dec16/agri3.htm
Philippines: NOMCARRD'S advocacy on biotechnology yields positive results (December 20, 2007)
http://www2.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=2
Taiwan to focus on ethanol crop cultivation (20 December, 2007)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Biofuels.aspx?Name=biofuels&infoId=16501
Bizonoplast, a unique chloroplast in the epidermal cells of microphylls in the shade plant Selaginella erythropus (Selaginellaceae) (20 December, 2007)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16497
Australia: Dairy farmers urged to consider GM crops (19 December, 2007)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/19/2122398.htm
Scientists crack open DNA secrets of Pinot Noir (19 December, 2007)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKL1720299720071219
World food supply is shrinking, U.N. agency warns (18 December, 2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/business/worldbusiness/18supply.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
GM Agrisure MIR604 corn receives Taiwan approval (18 December, 2007)
http://www.fas.usda.gov/scripts/gd.asp?ID=146292850
EU: Fear versus science (17 December, 2007)
http://www.truthabouttrade.org/article.asp?id=8647
Dupont's R&D centre in India to conduct crop research (17 December, 2007)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16461
Soybean industry working to meet demand for trans-fat alternatives
(16 December, 2007)
http://www.theindependent.com/stories/12162007/new_soybean16.shtml
Moss genes will help to create superplants(14 December, 2007) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3048652.ece
China and Mexico team up to fight wheat disease (14 December, 2007)
http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=4128&languag
IFAD supports biofuels research-for-development project led by ICRISAT
(14 December, 2007)
http://www.icrisat.org/Media/2007/media25.htm
Indonesia: Scientists launch initiative to develop "Climate-Ready" farming and forestry systems (12 December 2007)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16422
Towards plastid transformation in maize (12 December 2007)
http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?Name=genetics&infoId=16424
Australia: CSIRO's "fine cotton" the real (12 December 2007)
Thing http://checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16411
Molecular biology: Genome under surveillance (12 December 2007) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7172/full/450959a.html
In Europe, no one apparently wants to listen if you have good news about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) (11 December 2007)
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v25/n12/full/nbt1207-1330.html
US, China sign MoU on joint biofuel development – USDA (11 December 2007)
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2007/12/11/afx4425176.html
Experts agree on need for genetically modified crops in developing countries
(10 December 2007)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12571
Philippines: Pay attention to GMOs, biofuels to alleviate poverty, WB exec tells RP
(8 December 2007)
http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3469&Itemid=105
GM resistance is ‘threatening cheap food’ (8 December 2007)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3019037.ece
Monsanto: Winning the ground war (6 December 2007)
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_51/b4063034300400.htm?chan=magazine+channel_top+stories
EU finds Bayer's biotech rice safe (6 December 2007)
Philippines: Filipino biotechnology goods now ready for sale (3 December 2007) http://www.bic.searca.org/
Australia: Green light for GM canola crops in march in NSW (5 December, 2007)
http://www.theage.com.au/news/NATIONAL/Green-light-for-GM-canola-crops-in-March/2007/12/05/1196812820293.html
GM rice unlikely to pose health threats, says EFSA (5 December, 2007) http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?id=81842
Philippines: Biotech forestry suggests genetically engineered trees (5 December, 2007)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16345
Qatar: New panel being set up to regulate GM food import (4 December, 2007)
http://www.agbios.com/main.php?action=ShowNewsItem&id=9080
DuPont forms joint venture with chinese biotech firm (4 December, 2007)
http://www2.dupont.com/Media_Center/en_US/daily_news/article20071204a.html
India-Promotion and use of bio-diesel gets top priority (3 December, 2007) http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=33607
Filipino biotechnology goods now ready for sale (3 December, 2007)
http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=104421
Monsanto's barley gene transfer technique ready (3 December, 2007) http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12540
Indian Institute of Sciences team isolates fungus that can produce popular bioinsecticide (3 December 2007)
http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/30231119/IISc-team-isolates-fungus-that.html
Australia: GM ban lift sparks economic debate (28 November, 2007) http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/28/2103287.htm
Give farmers choice on gm crops: saff (November 29,2007) http://www.agbios.com/main.php?action=ShowNewsItem&id=9069
Indonesia-Forest loss 'yields meagre financial benefits' (November 28, 2007)
http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/forest-loss-yields-meagre-financial-benefits.cfm
Plants 'could withstand' warming (November 27, 2007)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7114066.stm
GM crops: NSW gives green light (November 27,2007) http://fw.farmonline.com.au/news_daily.asp?ag_id=47155
GE plants spread genes into wild relatives (November 27, 2007) http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00437.htm
After Bt cotton, monsanto may try hands on pulses, wheat (November 25, 2007)
http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=12508
DPT vaccine - from bioreactors to agricultural fields (November 23, 2007)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=16243
India: Nine cotton-growing states grow bt cotton (November 23, 2007)
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/cotton-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=44754
Disclose bio-safety data of GM crops: CIC (November23, 2007)