genetics_rss.aspxThe latest headlines and articles from Checkbiotech(c) 2007, Checkbiotech. All rights reserved.5In the decade since genetically modified strains of maize resistant to insects have been grown in the European Union, crop yields have gone up, farmers' reliance on insecticides has fallen significantly and the quality of maize has improved.http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178645/9/2008According to the position of many experts, agriculture across the world is facing a trend reversal: Global food stocks are nearly used up, climate change can lead to significant yield losses in certain regions and the prices for staple foods are rising worldwide. http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178635/9/2008Madelene PearsonGrain growers in Australia, the world's third-largest canola exporter, may produce as much as 2 percent of this year's harvest from genetically modified seed after bans on GM crops were lifted in two states.http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178615/9/2008Godofredo M. RoperosWhen I was in the California visiting a Filipino family in a farm area not far from San Diego a few years back, we noticed large tomatoes being used for the dishes the family cook was preparing for our lunch. http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178605/9/2008The increasing, unadvertised research and development of GMO in Napa winemaking is starting to ring alarm bells. http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178595/9/2008Scientists at the University of Amsterdam have discovered how to keep one’s tomatoes from wilting – the answer lies at the molecular level. The story of how the plant beat the pathogen, and what it means for combating other plant diseases, is published May 9th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178515/9/2008G ChandrashekharMUMBAI, India - With trials of India´s first genetically modified (GM) food crop, Bt. Brinjal (insect-tolerant vegetable), progressing well, the anti-biotechnology lobby seems to have become active.http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178655/9/2008Andrew ForgraveIndustry leaders have called for a profound shift in agricultural policy to prevent Welsh farming being left behind by its competitors.http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178495/8/2008A team of biologists, including a UC Davis plant scientist, is proposing that maps be created showing where all of the billion-plus acres of genetically engineered crops have been grown in the United States.http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178445/8/2008RIVERSIDE, Calif. – University faculty members frequently get invited to various institutions and conferences to give lectures about their ongoing research. http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=178455/8/2008