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-- SciDev.Net (6/14/2006) Chinese scientists have developed a genetically modified (GM) tall fescue grass (Festuca arundinacea) with "remarkable salt tolerance." The GM grass has been modified with a transgene from Arabidopsis thaliana, and the researchers report that it grows better than its conventional equivalent in a high salt stress environment. [More]
-- The Hindu (6/14/2006) Speaking June 9 at Bangalore Bio 2006 in Bangalore India, Jairam Ramesh, India'a Union Minister of State for Commerce, appealed to biotechnology companies to conduct research in the public spirit. [More]
-- Dow Jones Newswires (6/13/2006) Brazil's soy crop was negatively affected last season by the spread of a fungal disease called soybean rust, and this article says that more farmers there are adopting Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) "Roundup Ready" soy to help deal with the problem. [More]
-- The Hindu Business Line (6/13/2006) This article reports that Indian farmers are buying more Bt cotton seeds, following a government order to reduce the seed price to Rs 750, down from about double that price a year ago. [More]
-- The Standard (6/13/2006) A group of Kenyan members of parliament (MPs) has said that they are committed to passing legislation that will allow for the commercial introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops, for the benefit of Kenyans. [More]
-- The Standard (6/13/2006) A Kenyan group called Africa Nature Stream (ANS) has launched a campaign to make Kenyans aware of "dangers" from consuming genetically modified (GM) food, much of which, the group says, has been entering the country illegally. [More]
-- SciDev.Net (6/12/2006) Representatives from more than 100 signatory countries are meeting this week in Madrid, Spain, for the first meeting of the governing body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (IT PGRFA), which came into force in 2004. [More]
-- EurekAlert (6/12/2006) This article says that new research findings, published in the latest edition of the journal Science, suggest it is possible to engineer a plant cell to develop in ways that better suit agricultural needs. [More]
-- Indian Express (6/12/2006) India's Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) has developed a relatively low-cost Bt cotton detection kit to aid in quality control and detection of spurious cotton seeds that may be falsely advertised as Bt. [More]
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