PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

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• “Tomorrow's Table” is a new book from ASPB member Pamela Ronald of the University of California, Davis. In this book and on her weblog Dr. Ronald and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, explore topics related to genetics, food and farming on the web log. (posted 4/22/08)
• China to Launch Billion-Dollar Research Program into GM Crops (posted 4/8/08)
  
• ASPB Member C.S. Prakash Offers Sign-On Petition Supports Indian Farmers Right to Grow Biotech Crops (posted 1/30/07)
• Guerinot’s Discovery How and Where Seeds Store Iron Could Benefit Human Health and Crop Production (posted 11/6/06)
• Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide (posted 9/15/06)
• USDA Issues Biotechnology Report (posted 8/31/06)
• WTO Confirms EU Moratorium on GMO Foods Was Illegal (posted 5/11/06)
• Bioenergy Study for Using Switchgrass for Energy Production (posted 3/13/06)
• US, India Launch Agricultural Knowledge Initiative (posted 3/6/06)
• BORLAUG RECEIVES DANFORTH AWARD (posted 2/21/06)
• WTO Sides with U.S. on Biotech Crops (posted 2/7/06) Bionic Growth for Biotech Crops (posted 1/12/06)
• Celera Moves from Drug Development to Diagnostics (posted 1/12/06)
• Chairman Celebrates Biotechnology in Agriculture
• Governor Blunt appoints ASPB member Beachy Plant Biotechnology Council Chairman (posted 9/9/05)
• Transgenes Vanish from Oaxaca Corn Fields (posted 8/15/05)
• PBS NOVA segment will report how RNA interference discovery in plants could lead to treatments for human diseases (posted 7/12/05)
• Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (posted 6/22/05)
• ASPB Members Determine How Auxins Control Plant Growth (posted 6/1/05)
• DOE Joint Genome Institute 2006 Sequencing Projects Benefit Alternative Energy, Agriculture, Environment
• Increasing Ozone Levels Pose Serious Threat to Crops per research conducted by ASPB member Stephen Long and his colleagues (posted 5/9/05)
• Editorial: Inaccuracies -- Not Bias -- Plague News Coverage of Modified Crops (posted 5/9/05)
• Golden Rice improved through increased pro-vitamin A (posted 3/29/05)
• Plant Appears to Find Help from Earlier Ancestors in Correcting Flawed Parental Gene (posted 3/28/05)
• Ronald’s Research on Enhanced Rice Could Help China Feed Hungry, Protect Environment (posted 3/15/05)
• GOODLATTE ASKS EU TO DISMANTLE BIOTECH BARRIERS (posted 2/23/05)
• ASPB Member McHughen’s Op-Ed Analyzes Redistribution Theory (posted 2/15/05)
• Hangarter, Innes, Rieseberg of IU Cite Benefits of Modern Plant Research (posted 1/26/05)
• BBC Web Site Offers Perspectives on Genetically Modified Food (posted 1/26/05)
• Genetically Modified Beet May Benefit the Environment (posted 1/21/05)
• Developing Countries Experience Fastest Growth in Planting of Modified Crops (posted 1/6/05)
• Farmer Acceptance of Biotech Crops Grows Worldwide (posted 12/9/04)
• UK Study Finds Environmentally Safe Cost-Savings from GM Crops
(posted 11/30/04)
• Passage of Marin County GMO ban would encourage widespread use of harsh pesticides
(posted 10/28/04)
• Genetically Engineered, Organically Grown (posted 10/28/04)
• ASPB Opposes Jailing Farmers, Researchers Under Humboldt County Ballot Measure (10/21/04)
• ASPB urges defeat of San Luis Obispo ballot measure Q (10/21/04)
• ASPB Endorses Letter Supporting FAO’s Biotech Report (10/20/04)
• Pharmaprojects Analyzes Promise of RNAi Therapeutics (Reproduced with permission from Pharmaprojects, PJB Publications Ltd©, 2004. For further information, please refer to www.pharmaprojects.com.) (10/20/04)
• ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D (10/12/04)
• N-CFAR, ASPB Explain how Research to Fight Allergens will make Food Safer for Millions (posted 10/1/04)
• NSF Awards 22 New Projects for Plant Genome Research (posted 9/29/04)
• Genetically Modified Corn Can be Grown in Any EU Nation (posted 9/15/04)
• Biotech Cotton is King in Mississippi (97% of total cotton crop), Georgia & Arkansas (94%), Louisiana (93%), North Carolina (91%) (posted 9/7/04)
• ASPB Member Quatrano, Mishler to Sequence Moss Genome with International Partners (posted 8/27/04)
• Miller, Conko Publish Findings on “Frankenfood Myth” (posted 8/23/04)
• NSF Supports UC Riverside Study on Unintended Transport of Crop Genes (posted 8/20/04)
• RNA Coaxed to Self-Assemble into 3-D Arrays (posted 8/12/04)
• NCGA, Monsanto, Pioneer, Ceres, Danforth Plant Science Center Offer Maize Genome Data (posted 8/4/04)
• National Academy of Sciences Panel Sees No Unique Risk From Genetic Engineering - NAS report (posted 8/3/04)
• Secret to “Winterizing” Wheat Plants Discovered (posted 7/21/04)
• GE-Free California Sought by Anti-Biotech Interests (posted 7/14/04)
• Scientists Clone Trees George Washington Planted – Spurs Hot Pursuit in Sherwood Forest for Advice on Cloning (posted 7/9/04)
• InterAcademy Council Reports That Enhanced Application of Science and Technology, Including Biotechnology, Can Stimulate Africa’s Agricultural Sector (posted 6/29/04)
• USDA And African Agricultural Technology Foundation Sign Agreement To Share Technologies (posted 6/22/04)
• ASPB Member Gallie’s High-Protein Biotech Corn May Counter Deadly Malnutrition in Poor Nations. It’s Low-Carb Content Could Also Benefit Developed World Dieters (posted 5/28/04)
• FAO of United Nations Reports that Biotechnology, While Not a Panacea, Holds Great Promise for Agriculture (posted 5/17/04)
• Monsanto Delays Plans Indefinitely to Commercialize Modified Wheat; Continues Seeking Regulatory Approval (posted 5/11/04)
• Agricultural biotechnology cited for contributing to sustainability of our planet (posted 5/10/04)
• US to Seek $1.8 Billion from EU in WTO Action over Modified Foods Ban (posted 4/28/04)
• Sweden Approves First Genetically Engineered Product for Commercial Planting (posted 4/23/04)
• Research Leading to Lycopene Production from Low-Cost Corn Fiber (posted 3/30/04)
• Nobel Laureate for Peace and Plant Biotech Advocate Norman Borlaug Feted on 90th Birthday (posted 3/25/04)
• Modifying Plants to Detect Explosive Landmines (posted 3/12/04)
• ASPB Member Blechl Discovers Secret to "Winterizing" Wheat Plants (posted 3/12/04)
• Preuss Takes Lab-Designed Chromosome from Discovery to Commercial Product Development (posted 2/27/04)
• New approaches by ASPB members yield gene-rich regions of maize, accelerate sequencing (posted 2/2/04)
• Papaya Sex-Chromosome Study by ASPB Member Moore Provides New Glimpse of Evolution (posted 1/26/04)
• USDA Announces First Steps To Update Biotechnology Regulations (posted 1/26/04)
• Greenpeace Co-Founder Denounces Anti-Biotech Former Colleagues (posted 1/16/04)
• Plant Genome Research Produces Gene Expression Map That Increases Understanding of Plant Development -- Could Lead to New Ways to Enhance Crops (posted 12/15/03)
• European Panel Finds Genetically Modified Corn Safe as Conventional Corn (posted 12/8/03)
• EPA Approves Corn Variety Resistant to Corn Borer and Rootworm (posted 11/5/03)
• Agriculture Secretary Veneman Cites Needs of Developing Nations for Enhanced Crops (posted 10/20/03)
• Gates Foundation Grants $25 million to Enhance Food Crops for Poor Nations (posted 10/16/03)
• National Academies Report Examines How to Prevent Misuse of Biotechnology (posted 10/8/03)
• Plant Genome Research Gets Boost From NSF (posted 10/6/03)
• ASPB Member Helgeson’s Research Leads to Blight-Resistant Potato – 1.5 Million Starved in Ireland in 1800s Because of Blight That Still Ravages Crops (posted 10/2/03)
• Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? - The Atlantic Monthly | October 2003 (posted 9/25/03)
• U.S. Dept. of State Journal Economic Perspectives Addresses Agricultural Biotechnology (posted 9/9/03)
• ASPB President Bush Commends PIPRA’s Efforts to Improve Intellectual Property Resources, Agreements Involving Plant (posted 9/4/03)
• Congressional poster exhibit by ASPB member Thomashow explains Genomic Analysis of Freezing and Drought Tolerance in Higher Plants (PDF) (posted 9/3/03)
• Pew Support for Anti-Ag Biotech Group Reaches $21.5 Million (posted 8/20/03)
• Plant Patents Could Aid The Poor (posted 7/11/03)
• Learning How Plants Communicate Could Help Scientists Engineer Hardier Plants (posted 7/3/03)
• Borlaug Urges Adoption of Agricultural Technology to Feed Developing World (posted 6/30/03)
• Plant Genomics Research Fuels Discoveries That Will Help Feed the World (posted 6/30/03)
• Sharply Reducing Global Hunger and Poverty is Goal of Agricultural Science and Technology Conference (posted 6/23/03)
• Congressman Nick Smith Comments on Need to Use Science as Guide in Evaluating Modified Foods (posted 6/19/03)
• Congressman Lucas Hears USDA, EPA, and FDA Officials Discuss Regulation of Biotech Products (posted 6/18/03)
• Witnesses at Congressional Hearing Cite Benefits Plant Biotechnology Offers to Africa (posted 6/16/03)
• Rice Genome Research Provides Inroads to Learning Genomes of Corn and Sorghum (posted 6/9/03)
• Prakash Keynotes Symposium Opening UT Plant Biotechnology Research Facility (posted 6/6/03)
• ASPB Member Medford’s Plant Research May Detect Terror Attack (posted 5/28/03)
• President Bush Cites EU Modified Food Ban for Hampering U.S. Food Relief Efforts in Africa (posted 5/21/03)
• U.S. Action Filed with WTO Seeks to End EU Biotech Ban (posted 5/15/03)
• ASPB Member Fletcher Discovers How Petal-Power Gene Yields Unique Blossoms (posted 5/13/03)
• Speeding Search for Disease-Resistant Beans -- Six-Month Process Reduced to Two Hours (posted 5/5/03)
• Five Year Plan - National Plant Genome Initiative (posted 5/2/03)
• A Fact Sheet on “Nanotechnology” from the National Science Foundation notes the potential for artificial photosynthesis of clean energy and pollution control systems (posted 4/2/03)
• U.S. House Speaker Hastert Says WTO Action Needed to Open Markets for Modified Foods (posted 3/27/03)
• Containment is Key to Pharmaceutical Crops (posted 3/25/03)
• Sharkey Participates in Columbus Museum Forum on Genetically Modified Foods (posted 3/25/03)
• Life Science Companies Will Share Patented Plant Technology to Fight Hunger in Africa (posted 3/11/03)
• USDA Strengthens Requirements for Pharmaceutical Crops (posted 3/7/03)
• EPA Approves Corn Resistant to Rootworm Disease (posted 2/28/03)
• DNA Discovery at Age 50 Is Living Testament to Benefits of Basic Research (posted 2/25/03)
• Development of Biotech Crops Is Booming in Asia, New York Times reports (posted 2/21/03)
• Monarch Butterflies Thrive Despite Nature’s Threats (posted 2/21/03)
• Science vs. Hysteria - Norman E. Borlaug, Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2003 (posted 1/29/03)
• New, Salt-Tolerant Plants Developed (posted 1/29/03)
• U.S. May Sue EU Over Altered Crops (posted 1/13/03)
• ASPB Member Wessler and Colleagues Find First Active 'Jumping Genes' in Rice (posted 1/9/03)
• A workshop on Phytoremediation Tools for Environmental Cleanup will be held January 26-28 at the University of Washington (posted 1/7/03)
• Plant Genome Research Language in NSF Authorization (H.R. 4664) Approved by Congress (posted 12/4/02)
• ASPB Member Daphne Preuss Addresses United Nations on Modified Foods. See and hear the presentation. (posted 11/12/02)
• Norman Borlaug Cites Importance of Plant Biotechnology in Fighting World Hunger (posted 10/31/02)
• Senator Bond keynote speaker dedicating crop genomics labs (posted 10/31/02)
• The Washington Post Reports on Drought/Cold Tolerance Research by ASPB Members (posted 10/23/02)
• Why Africans Are Starving - Reprinted with permission of The Wall Street Journal © 2002 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. (posted 10/10/02)
• And that’s the way it is….The National Science Foundation publication “America’s Investment in the Future” with a foreword by Walter Cronkite includes a major section on “Arabidopsis: map makers of the plant kingdom” (posted 9/26/02)
• From peas to rice, researchers continue to sort out how genes affect the gibberellin growth factor as reported in The Scientist (posted 7/8/02)
• CAST releases new scientific report showing environmental gains with biotechnology-derived soybean, corn, and cotton (posted 7/2/02)
• ASPB Member Cook's Newspaper Op-ed Notes Environmental Benefits of Biotech Crops (posted 7/1/02)
• ASPB Member Prakash Reports on UN World Food Summit Delegates’ Support for Agricultural Biotechnology (posted 6/26/02)
• ASPB-Member Autar Mattoo Helps Make Tomatoes More Nutritious (posted 6/24/02)
• Plant biotechnology has increased crop yields while reducing use of pesticides, the National Center for Food & Agricultural Policy reports (posted 6/14/02)
• GAO report: "Genetically Modified Foods: Experts View Regimen of Safety Tests as Adequate, but FDA's Evaluation Process Could be Enhanced." (posted 6/14/02)
• ASPB member Alan McHughen's newspaper commentary cites sprawl, not biotech as the real threat (posted 5/30/02)
• ASPB Members Buchanan, Lemaux are using biotechnology to inactivate food allergens and develop safer foods. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) (posted 5/29/02)
• NATO Seeks Plant Biotechnology Research Proposals (posted 5/28/02)
• Senator Bond Honored for National, World Leadership in Biotechnology (posted 5/14/02)
• Applying biotechnology to produce plant-based materials for industry offers alternative to imported oil. Read the Washington Post Story (posted 5/6/02)
• ‘National Biotechnology Week’ Resolution by U.S. Senate Cites Contributions to Medicine, Agriculture, Energy, National Security, Commerce (posted 4/23/02)
• National Plant Genome Initiative Progress Report can be seen at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy web site (posted 4/22/02)
• Draft Report by Toxicologists Finds GM Foods Safe in this month's issue of The Scientist (posted 4/15/02)
• Journal Nature says its publication of original paper alleging finding problems with transgenic corn in Mexico was not justified as reported in The Washington Post. (posted 4/5/02)
• The European Commission, Scientific Committee on Food finds genetically modified corn tolerant to herbicide as safe as conventional corn (pdf) (posted 3/8/02)
• GM pollen 'harmless to butterflies'-- BBC News reports on USDA-led study (posted 2/12/02)
• Venter Steps Down as President of Celera (posted 1/22/01)
• International Society of African Scientists Strongly Endorses Agricultural Biotechnology (posted 12/20/01)
• A new report is available on the safety of genetically modified crops, titled: "One Hundred Percent Safe? GM Foods in the UK" (posted 12/10/01)
• University of California website on application of biotechnology to crops (posted 11/6/01)
• Genetically Modified Crops: What Do the Scientists Say (posted 10/25/01)
• EPA, ARS, PNAS Show Monarch Caterpillars Can Live in Harmony with Bt Corn (posted 10/19/01)
• ASPB Member C.S. Prakash Explains How Biotechnology Could Fight Hunger at AMA Media Briefing (posted 10/16/01)
• ASPB member Arntzen testifies at Congressional hearing on plant biotechnology and genome research (posted 10/2/01)
• San Diego Scientists Produce Brochure on Modified Foods (posted 2/15/01)

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