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Anastasia
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Post Biotech traits
on: 27 June 2010, 15:39

Have you heard of any biotech traits that aren’t listed on Biofortified’s Biotech traits page? Post what you know and help us make a more complete list!

Anastasia Bodnar is a Doctoral Candidate at Iowa State University in Interdepartmental Genetics, minoring in Sustainable Agriculture. For more about her, check out Genetic Maize!
James Schnable
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Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 27 June 2010, 18:51

In the list of herbicide resistant traits, there is also resistance to glufinosate marketed under the name “Liberty Link”. Pioneer has a trait for resistance to ALS inhibitor herbicides in in the approval pipeline (“Optimum GAT”).

Virus resistance:
The USDA is doing trials of a variety of plum resistant to plum pox virus called “HoneySweet”. source:http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/plumpox/ There is also the ever elusive virus-resistant yellow crookneck squash that is resistant to the zucchini yellow mosaic and watermelon mosaic viruses.

Stress tolerance:
Researchers at cornell developed a variety of rice that could survive being irrigated with brackish water (half the water used for irrigation could come from the sea instead of fresh water) and a host of other abiotic stresses by increases the synthesis of trehalose. source:http://www.pnas.org/content/99/25/15898.long

James is a graduate student studying Plant Biology at UC Berkeley, focusing on comparative genomics.
MaryM
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Posts: 59
Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 27 June 2010, 20:10

Treatment for Gaucher disease from transgenic carrot cell culture: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19277123 It is actually further along now, but that’s a nice open access paper to give the background and methods.
MaryM
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Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 27 June 2010, 21:05

Mark Tester’s article on salt tolerant plants in the popular press: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2009/jul/08/gm-crops-povery and the research article here: http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/abstract/tpc.108.064568v1
MaryM
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Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 27 June 2010, 21:12

Ok, continuing to go through my bookmarks:

Lactoferrin and lysozyme rice: http://www.ventria.com/products/

These were being tested as treatments for acute diarrhea in the third world.

EDIT: Here’s a mainstream article on that: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123835814411966967.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
MaryM
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Posts: 59
Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 27 June 2010, 21:52

Oh, this was double-interesting: the Amish growing anti-smoking tobacco:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/smoking.html

EDIT: found articles in PubMed for Quest cigarettes, including this clinical trial http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18629723
MaryM
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Posts: 59
Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 27 June 2010, 21:58

You recently had a post on the eucalyptus trees, didn’t you? That’s probably a good one. It reminded me of this other tree one:

American chestnut, resistant to blight: Press release http://www.prweb.com/releases/American_Chestnut/UGA_Research/prweb2629434.htm and actual paper: http://www.springerlink.com/content/g0356g8380035482/
MaryM
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Posts: 59
Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 27 June 2010, 22:07

Bioremediation plants: sucking up lead and cadmium from soil http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12659836
MaryM
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Posts: 59
Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 28 June 2010, 21:04

Grass that has been modified to reduce bovine methane output:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/agresearch/news/article.cfm?o_id=406&objectid=10607618
Anastasia
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Posts: 48
Post Re: Biotech traits
on: 29 June 2010, 04:26

Ok, guys, the page is updated. Keep em coming!
Thanks for finding all those great traits :)

Anastasia Bodnar is a Doctoral Candidate at Iowa State University in Interdepartmental Genetics, minoring in Sustainable Agriculture. For more about her, check out Genetic Maize!
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