<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">For everyone's information . . . </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This is from the ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications), offices in Ithica, New York, from their May 6, 2015 newsletter. Apologies if this is a duplicate posting. CS</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><h2 style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(87,118,102);margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:20px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"><strong>Donors</strong></h2><ul type="disc" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li>AATF-African Agricultural Technology Foundation</li><li>ABSPII/Cornell University</li><li>ACTESA-Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa</li><li>African Biosafety Network of Expertise</li><li>Ain Shams University</li><li>ASARECA-Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa</li><li>Bayer CropScience Ag</li><li>BBA - Burkina Biotech Association</li><li>BioInnovative Program, ILRI</li><li>Brazil-Africa Market Place</li><li>Cairo University</li><li>CropLife Asia</li><li>CropLife International</li><li>Department of Agriculture, Philippines</li><li>IDRC-International Development Research Center of Canada</li><li>KGT - TBP - Tree Biotechnology Programme</li><li>Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Pvt. Ltd (Mahyco), India</li><li>Monsanto</li><li>NaCCRI - National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI)</li><li>NACOSTI-National Council for Science and Technology Innovation, Kenya</li><li>NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency</li><li>Program for Biosafety Systems, IFPRI</li><li>RECOAB - Regional Agricultural Reporters’ Network</li><li>SEAMEO SEARCA, Philippines</li><li>United Phosphorus Limited</li><li>US Department of Agriculture</li><li>US Department of State</li><li>US Soybean Export Council</li><li>USAID</li><li>Vibha Agrotech Pvt. Ltd, India<p style="padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:18px;line-height:16px"></p></li></ul><h2 style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(87,118,102);margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:20px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"><strong>Patrons</strong></h2><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li>Norman Borlaug<sup style="font-size:10px;line-height:12px">†</sup> (First Founding Patron)</li><li>Richard B. Flavell (USA)</li><li>Dafang Huang (China)</li><li>Jiro Kondo (Japan)</li><li>Gabrielle J. Persley (Australia/UK)</li><li>M.S. Swaminathan (India)</li><li>Marc vanMontagu (Belgium)</li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>CHUCK SEARCY<br></i></span></b></font></div><div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>Project RENEW / VFP Chapter 160<br></i></span></b></font></div><div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>Agent Orange Working Group<br></i></span></b></font></div><div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>71 Trần Quốc Toản, Hà Nội, Việt Nam</i></span></b></font></div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i></i></span></b></font></div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>M +8 490 342 0769<br></i></span></b></font></div><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><i>E <a href="mailto:chuckusvn@gmail.com" target="_blank">chuckusvn@gmail.com</a><br></i></span></b></font></div><i><font size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)">Sk chucksearcy</span></b><br></font></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<p><img style="padding: 6px;" align="right" src="http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/files/images/2015-05-06-102.jpg">Folate biofortified <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=d6179fffff&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">rice</a> (FBR) could help decrease birth defects, according to a new study of Ghent University in Belgium and Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China. </p><p>About 50-70 percent of all neural tube defects are attributed to maternal folate deficiency. The researchers suggest that the FBR they have developed could be one of the solutions to this health concern, particularly in Balrampur, India and Shanxi, <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=988a6930a1&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">China</a>, where there is prevalent folate deficiency. </p><p>In their study, the researchers used Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY), which is the standard metric of the World Health Organization. DALY reflects the sum of Years of Life Lost (YLL), a measure of premature mortality, in addition to the Years Lost due to Disability (YLD), which accounts for both morbidity and mortality for those with health problems. By the team's count, folate <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=bec7952ec3&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">biofortification</a> could eliminate between 29 and 111 DALYs per year in Balrampur per 1,000 births and between 47 and 104 DALYs in Shanxi. </p><p>Read more at <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=e22f0713dc&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">Genetic Literacy Project</a> and <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=14fca5a891&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">Ghent University</a>.</p>
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<p><b></b>More than thirty stakeholders from Kenya, mainly <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=3f1a104c19&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">farmers</a>, participated in a one week study tour to <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=b0a2e48cb8&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">South Africa</a> from April 19-23, 2015. The objective of the visit is to showcase to the Kenyan farmers how farmers in South Africa have adopted useful technologies that address their challenges.</p><p>The participants visited 5 farms, including Ephraim Mogale's municipality in Limpopo Province and Boekenhoutskloof in Gauteng Province. They held discussions with farmers, government officials, <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=cc35fb7d8d&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">biosafety</a> officers, and technology developers. From these engagements, it emerged that adoption of <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=0c7386800f&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">GM crops</a> in South Africa was farmer driven.</p><p>"We were fed up with weeding and spraying pesticides to control bollworms and weeds. When the technology was introduced, we rapidly picked it up," said Frans Mallela, one of the large-scale farmers in Limpopo Province. According to Mr. Mallela, since he started growing <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=14cd2031fb&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">GM cotton</a>, he recorded an increase in yields, from 4 hectares to 150 hectares. He has moved from GM cotton with a single trait to <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=9f6ba2b022&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">stacked traits</a> (<a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=7bb0012f53&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">insect resistance</a> and <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=d41cf2fac9&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">herbicide tolerance</a>). "Cotton with the two traits does not require a big land for refugia. This helps me to maximize on yields," said Mallela. "When I first went into farming, as a part time job, I used to plant conventional <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=6684e2a5ce&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">maize</a> and the harvest never went beyond one tonne per hectare. Now with <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=50e00c9d32&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">biotechnology</a>, I get up to 7 tonnes per hectare if the rain is good," Mr. Mallela added. </p><p>The participants were impressed with the way South African farmers are enthusiastic about the benefits of GM crops. "Some of us have heard negative stories about the GM technology. We are going to urge our own government to avail this technology to Kenyan farmers because we have similar circumstances with South African farmers" said Mr. Titus Ndalemia, a farmer from Machakos, Eastern Kenya.</p><p>The study tour was organized by AfricaBio in partnership with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation and <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=afdbc00199&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">ISAAA</a> <em>Afri</em>Center. </p><p><img src="http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/files/images/2015-05-06-103.jpg"></p><p>For more information, contact Daniel Otunge at <a href="mailto:d.otunge@aatf-africa.org" target="_blank">d.otunge@aatf-africa.org</a>.</p>
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<p><img style="padding: 6px;" align="right" src="http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/files/images/2015-05-06-104.jpg">Dr. Rachid Lahlali from the Canadian Light Source (CLS), together with a research team from the CLS, National Research Council Canada, University of Saskatchewan, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada used the synchrotron to image both healthy and infected <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=0c0b8ec2d3&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">wheat</a> spikes and florets to understand the development and progression of the Fusarium head blight disease. </p><p>Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a huge global problem, caused by a fungus that attacks the head of the wheat plant, causing the kernels to shrivel up and produce toxins. The disease affects wheat and barley crops in Canada, <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=d02802d944&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">China</a>, parts of southern Africa, Eastern Europe, South America, and the US. </p><p>"What we were trying to do using the synchrotron is to understand how the fungus infects the plant and see what changes are happening. What we found are biochemical markers at the point of where the infection begins," said Dr. Lahlali. The research team used novel techniques developed at the CLS to image living wheat plants. According to Dr. Lahlali, they saw the differences in the wheat infected by the fungus and experiments showed that the structures could be lost or altered, and traits can be changed for the plants to become FHB resistant. </p><p>For more details, read the news release at the <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=62f552efdc&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">CLS website</a>.</p>
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<p><img style="padding: 6px;" align="right" src="http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/files/images/2015-05-06-101.jpg">University of Arizona scientists Monica Schmidt and Eliot Herman and University of Illinois scientist Theodore Hymowitz have created a new <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=7b14e0edce&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">soybean</a> with significantly reduced levels of three key proteins responsible for both its allergenic and anti-nutritional effects. Herman and his colleagues at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have identified in 2003 that P34 is soybean's key allergen. </p><p>The research team screened 16,000 different varieties of soybean and they found one that almost completely lacked the allergen P34. The team stacked the P34 null with two varieties previously identified by Hymowitz that lacked soybean agglutinin and trypsin inhibitors, proteins that are responsible for soybean's anti-nutritional effects in livestock and humans. After nearly a decade, the team has produced a soybean that lacks most of the P34 and trypsin inhibitor protein, and completely lacks <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=fe35af1bcf&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">soybean</a> agglutinin. They have called the new variety "Triple Null." </p><p>For more about this research, read the news article at the <a href="http://isaaa.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=90d9912fca3d624d294e24b28&id=6451a5a9db&e=9c14d9ad52" target="_blank">University of Arizona website</a>. </p>
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