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Opinion piece:The Gene Revolution – GM crops and farming reality AFAA — Jim Peacock The time has come for all sectors of Australia’s grain industry, from farm to shop, to get on top of GM technology, urges Australia’s former Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Peacock. Our Green Revolution is near spent. The enormous and lasting gains made…
Next-generation protein-rich potato expressing the seed protein gene AmA1 is a result of proteome rebalancing in transgenic tuber Protein deficiency is the most crucial factor that affects physical growth and development and that increases morbidity and mortality especially in developing countries. Efforts have previously been made to improve protein quality and quantity in crop plants…
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Challenges and Responsibilities for Public Sector Scientists – Marc Van Montagu, New Biotechnology, August 2010 (Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries, Ghent University, Belgium). Full paper at http://www.sciencedirect.com/ Current agriculture faces the challenge of doubling food production to meet the food needs of a population expected to reach 9 billion by mid-century whilst maintaining…
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Muck and Mystery: Brachialactone About four years ago there was a flurry of commentary about Brazilian ag, noted here, when the World Food Prize was awarded to them. From only 200,000 hectares of arable land in 1955, the Cerrado had well over 40 million hectares in cultivation by the year 2005. The phenomenal achievement of…