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Week of January 28th - February 3rd

Jan 28/Jan 29/Jan 30/Jan 31/Feb 1/Feb 2/Feb 3




Posted on January 30, 2001

Wheat Future in in Bio-Tech Not GM - Breeder, Farmers Weekly, February 25, 2000

Thank you for the genes we eat, New Statesman, January 15, 2001

Aventis, states reach agreement over StarLink corn, Feedstuffs, January 30, 2001

Commercialization Agreement Reached On The Pollen Transformation System, PRNewswire/ -- Delta and Pine Land Company, January 26, 2001


Posted on January 31, 2001

Tumor-Causing Plant Bacteria May Infect Human Cells, Reuters Health News, January 31, 2001

    Earlier evidence of trans-kingdom movement of DNA

  • Bacterial conjugative plasmids bacteria and yeast, Nature, 1989 Jul 20;340(6230):205
  • Movement of shuttle plasmids from Escherichia coli into yeasts other than Saccharomyces cerevisiae using trans-kingdom conjugation, Plasmid 1993 Nov;30(3):251-7

CEQ and OSTP Assessment: Case Studies of Environmental Regulations for Biotechnology, Council on Environmental Quality

Patent Abstract (US5929300: Pollen-based transformation system using solid medium)

Biotech policy 'holds great peril', StarLink controversy may be tip of iceberg, consumer group says, Register, Washington Bureau, January 12, 2001

Biotechnology Food: From the Lab to a Debacle, New York Times, January 25, 2001


Posted on February 1, 2001

USDA needs a new attitude, Editorial, St Louis Post Dispatch, February 1, 2001

Farmers Unclear About Biotech Rules, Associated Press, January 31, 2001

Campaigning for organic food and farming and sustainable forestry -- Marker Assisted Plant Breeding, Policy Paper, The Soil Association, UK

Bt Cotton May Be Factor in Stinkbug Outbreak, Editors, Progressive Farmer, February 1, 2001

U.S. Government Case Study of Environmental Regulation of Biotechnology, The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), January 2001

Rice Scientists Excited by Technology Transfer Trend, IRRI Press Release, February 1, 2001

Japan consumer group says finds StarLink in food, Reuters, February 1, 2001

Tracking Traits for New Markets, Farm Progress, February 1, 2001


Posted on February 2, 2001

Davos Essay: GM Foods, eCountries, January 31, 2001

Organic seed grower fears contamination from biotech corn, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Mount Vernon, Iowa, February 1, 2001

Link Outside Ag BioTech InfoNet Economic Research Service (ERS) USDA, Report on the Economics of Food Labeling, December 2000