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Natural GMOs Part 165. Novel double-stranded RNAs get served up in many conventional crops -- such as rice.

Some people have raised worries about whether novel double-stranded RNA molecules present in plant foods might be harmful to people. Naturally occurring plants often produce novel double-stranded RNA molecules, so we have long been exposed to this risk.One example has been characterised in detail by Japanese scientists. It is low protein variety of rice called  LGC-1 that is used as a diet t...

No silence about RNA silencing

FSANZ: Response to Heinemann et al on the regulation of GM crops and foods developed using gene silencing(May 2013)Key pointsA recent scientific article (Heinemann et al, 2013) claims that small double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) generated in GM plants as a result of using gene silencing techniques can create biosafety risks that are not being adequately assessed by regulators such as Food Standards Au...

Time Magazine Modifies the Endless Debate Over GM Crops

Bryan Walsh wrote for Time magazine about the so-called “obsession” surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops: “To environmentalist opponents, GM foods are simply evil, an understudied, possibly harmful tool used by big agribusiness to co...

Doctors Health Press Releases Statement in Honor of Food Allergy Awareness Week

Doctors Health Press, a division of Lombardi Publishing Corporation and publisher of various natural health newsletters, books, and reports, including the popular Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, recently released a statement in honor of Food Allergy Awareness week. Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Doctors Health Press, a division of Lombardi Publishing Corporation and publisher of various natural...

Oxitec Report 96% Suppression of the Dengue Mosquito in Brazilian Trials

OXFORD, England, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mandacaru field trial report - press summary Oxitec's ground-breaking approach to pest control has again been demonstrated in a further trial carried out by Moscamed in Brazil. In this trial Moscamed achieved a 96% suppression of the dengue mosquito in the village of Mandacaru, Bahia state, Brazil. Scientists from Oxitec together with Moscamed and t...

Yongye International Provides Update on Status of Proposed Go Private Offer

BEIJING, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yongye International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YONG) ("Yongye" or the "Company"), a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of crop nutrient products in the People's Republic of China, today announced that, on May 16, 2013, the special committee (the "Special Committee") of the board of directors (the "Board of Directors") was provided a le...

How Wrong Is The Latest “Dirty Dozen List?”

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) says that it “helps protect your family from pesticides.” The purpose of this post is to “help protect your family from dangerously misleading information from the EWG.” Each year since 19...

Synthetic wheat breakthough in wheat breeding science offers greater yields

13/05/2013: NIAB NEWSUK wheat yields could be boosted by up to 30% with the introduction of a new wheat bred from a wild grass species.The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) in Cambridge has recreated the original rare cross between a

New non-transgenic GE technology platform for genetic improvement of sunflower oilseed crop

May 13, 2013 — Scientists have developed techniques for the genetic improvement of sunflowers using a non-GMO based approach. The new technology platform can harness the plant's own genes to improve characteristics of sunflower, develop genetic traits, which will improve its role as an important oilseed crop.The work was led by Dr Manash Chatterjee, an Adjunct Faculty member of Botany and Plant...

Syngenta Opens Unique $72 Million Advanced Crop Lab

Syngenta unveiled its new crop research facility during a grand opening celebration today at the company’s RTP Innovation Center. The first of its kind, $72 million Advanced Crop Lab allows company researchers to simulate any agricultural climate and precisely measure plant inputs – the key to helping farmers grow more food from fewer resources. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., USA (PRWEB) May 17...

Yongye Updates On Status Of Proposed Going Private Offer

PEKING (dpa-AFX) - Yongye International, Inc. (YONG), a provider of crop nutrients, Friday said, on May 16, the special committee of the board of directors was provided a letter issued by Abax Glo...

Enlist Duo™ Herbicide Approved for Use in Canada

Enlist Traits Previously Approved; Both Components of Innovative Enlist System Now in Place for Canada Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), announced today that Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved Enlist Duo™ herbicide with Colex-D™ Technology for use in Canada....

Hemp, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent with One of China's Largest Agricultural Producers, Yasheng Group

NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC: HEMP) is pleased to announce an agreement with the Yasheng Group (OTC:HERB), one of China's largest agricultural producers. The signed agreement specifies that Yasheng Group will grow and process into finished product 637 mu (108 acres) of a specific cultivar of industrial hemp in China.  According to Hemp, Inc. executives, t...

A European Environment Agency report infiltrated by 'green' ideology

Dissection on an EEA report at Marcel Kuntz' website:The European Environment Agency (EEA) released on January 23, 2013 a report entitled “Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation” which was supposed to illustrate “

ASCO '13 Preview: Gilead's Big Cancer Debut

FOSTER CITY, Calif. (TheStreet) -- Gilead Sciences' experimental cancer drug idelalisab demonstrated long-lasting tumor shrinkage in more than half of patients with advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Responses were durable, with disease progression stalled for an average of 17 months -- noteworthy because CLL patients enrolled in the phase I study had already undergone an average of fiv...

The Yatra Collection to Host Private Trunk Show in Chicago to Benefit Multiple Myeloma Research

The latest Yatra Collection designs will be available for purchase at this show and directly through the private label’s designers. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 The Yatra Collection will help raise money to fight multiple myeloma at its next private truck show, Thursday, May 16, in Chicago. “Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell present in your bone ma...

BASF And Dyadic International Enter Into A Research And License Agreement

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany and JUPITER, Fla., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BASF (BAS.DE) and Dyadic International, Inc. ("Dyadic") (OTC Pink: DYAI) announced today that the two Companies have entered into a non-exclusive worldwide research and license agreement.  (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110621/CL06708LOGO )  (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130515/CL13970LO...

Green Revolution research saved an estimated 18 to 27 million hectares from being brought into agricultural production

We estimate that the total crop area in 2004 would have been between 17.9 and 26.7 million hectares larger in a world that had not benefited from crop germplasm improvement since 1965. AbstractNew estimates of the impacts of germplasm improvement in the major staple crops between 1965 and 2004 on global land-cover change are presented, based on simulations carried out using a global economic...

Innovotech Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/15/13 -- Innovotech Inc. (TSX VENTURE: IOT), an innovator in the field of biofilm product development, today announced its audited financial and operational results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Highlights: The big news during the quarter has come from Innovotech's Research and Development efforts. "Tests show InnovoSIL™-1 performs significantly...

Ag Energy Coalition Applauds Senate Agriculture Committee Passage of Farm Bill Legislation

The Agriculture Energy Coalition today thanked Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and other members of the Senate Agriculture Committee for passing legislation to reauthorize Farm Bill Energy Title programs with robust mandatory funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. Lloyd Ritter, co-director of the C...

UPDATE 1-U.S. State Dept. promotes Monsanto's GMO crops overseas -report

* Report critical of State Dept for promoting biotech crops

Monsanto Seed Patent Rights Not Exhausted After Sale

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court laid out that patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission. And….Boom Goes the Dynamite! (Bowman v. Monsan...

U.S. tax dollars promote Monsanto's GMO crops overseas -report

* Report critical of State Dept for promoting biotech crops

Agricen to Host New Webinar, “Getting the Most Out of Your Sidedress Program”

Best Sidedress Practices Will Be Explored for Critical Growing Season Agricen, an agricultural technology company delivering applied, biochemical-based solutions for efficient and sustainable plant nutrition, announced today an upcoming webinar, “Getting the Most Out of Your Sidedress Program,” being presented May 20-22, 2013. This free webinar wil...

Innovotech Announces New Chairman and Grant of Stock Options

EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/14/13 -- Innovotech Inc. (TSX VENTURE: IOT) ("Innovotech") today announces that Dr. Wolfgang Muhs has resigned as the Chairman of the Board of Innovotech and Kerry Brown has been elected as the new Chairman of the Board. At the Annual General Meeting held on April 30, 2013 all of management's nominees were elected to the Board of Directors. The Board memb...