April 8, 2024

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China approves 81 GM seeds to boost maize & soybean as Indian biotech is blocked & crop yields languish (The Print)

Protection of plant breeder's rights in Laos: What you need to know (Lexology)

Approval of more biotech crops shows Ghana is on right path to food security (MyJoyOnline)

April 5, 2024

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Brasil, CTNBio - Accesse a deliberações da 270ª Reunião Ordinária da CTNBio, 04 de abril de 2024

Arrival of BIO and BIB in digital version: Ecertificate ISTA

April 4, 2024

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Une semencière néerlandaise face aux brevets de KWS (inf'OGM)

SeedNL podcast miniseries highlights how Plant Breeders' Rights and Farmers' Rights are frequently framed as contradicting ways for how seeds are accessed, developed, sold and used

Bioengineered hemp with reduced THC and CBD wins USDA regulatory clearance (Bio.news)

Mercado brasileiro em alerta para o comércio ilegal de mudas de flores - Sakata lidera esforços para combater a prática de falsificação de SunPatiens no país

April 3, 2024

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Bundesverband der VO-Firmen e.V. (BVO) - BVO-Info Nr. 03/2024

Can regulators keep up with biotech innovation? The US Biotechnology Regulatory Service must speed up application review in order for gene editing to thrive (The Breakthrough Institute)

Swedish Board of Agriculture - Växtsortmeddelanden (växtförädlarrätter) / Plant Varieties Gazette, 2024:03 - Sortlista 2024 / National List of Plant Varieties 2024

April 2, 2024

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European Union unable to approve new gene-editing plans in current mandate (Euraktiv)

Delay of Mexican ban on glyphosate

Costa Rica se une a los países que permiten la producción comercial de cultivos editados genéticamente

Costa Rica opens the door to innovative biotechnologies

April 1, 2024

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USA - CeraMax biological seed treatment receives Section 2(ee) label for the suppression of red crown rot in soybeans

March 29, 2024

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U.S. Plant Variety Protection Office issues 50 certificates on March 8, 2024

British Society of Plant Breeders - Trade with Northern Ireland remains difficult for many members despite the NIPHL scheme

March 28, 2024

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Yield10 Bioscience announces that the Plant Biosafety Office of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has cleared genome-edited E3902 camelina for planting in Canada

European Union - Public consultations on GM food & feed authorisation applications - Scientific Opinion on the assessment of genetically modified maize DP202216, for food and feed uses, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application EFSA-GMO-NL-2019-159)

European Food Safety Authority - Assessment of genetically modified maize DP202216 for food and feed uses, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application EFSA-GMO-NL-2019-159)

“For breeders around the world the combination of the 2022 China Seed Law and the Hainan FTZ offers exciting opportunities" (Fresh Plaza)

March 27, 2024

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Brasil, CTNBio - Adequações da Pauta - 270ª Reunião Ordinária da CTNBio, 04 de abril de 2024

Gazette van de Raad voor plantenrassen maart 2024
Gazette of the Board for plant varieties March 2024

United Kingdom - PGRO alerts growers to SFI’s potential impact on pulse crops

How can varieties be evaluated for registration in the context of climate change?

Bundessortenamt, Blatt für Sortenwesen März 2024

March 26, 2024

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Key Charpentier/Doudna CRISPR patent upheld by China National Intellectual Property Administration

Argentina - Reempadronamiento Obligatorio de Inspectores Acreditados - La Resolución INASE Nº 61/2024 establece el reempadronamiento obligatorio de los “Inspectores de Cultivos para la Fiscalización de Semillas” acreditados para desempeñarse en los procesos de fiscalización de los cultivos de maíz, soja y trigo