The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries in Japan gave their green light to a high-starch maize variety on March 20, 2023. This is the fourth genome-edited food product that Japan did not subject to regulations for genetically engineered (GE) food, feed, and biodiversity.
2Blades Foundation and a group of international collaborators have published the annotated genome sequence of Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causal agent of Asian soybean rust and one of the most damaging plant pathogens of the past century. The findings are published in Nature Communications.
The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) has concluded that the genome-edited semi-dwarf teff developed by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is not subject to biotechnology regulation under USDA's SECURE Rule.
