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ISAAA Brief 55-2019: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2019
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GM Approval Database
Approvals for commercialization and planting and/or food and feed use with crop and trait descriptions
Latest update (September 14, 2023): The Philippines approved the canola event LBFLFK for food, feed, and processing.
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Agricultural Biotechnology (A Lot More than Just GM Crops)
The booklet discusses in detail and in simple language agricultural biotechnology as it compares with conventional breeding, the agricultural biotechnology tools used in crops such as tissue culture and micropropagation, molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection, and genetic engineering and GM crops. A section on Answers to Frequently Asked Questions for food safety and environmental issues was also included to clarify important public concerns.
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