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+ Bacterial Trigger of Plant Protection. Science
Science 6 November 2009: Vol. 326. no. 5954, pp. 850-853. DOI: 10.1126/science.1173438
+ Bangladesh readies flood-tolerant rice. 3 varieties to prevent a million tonnes of crop loss a year. The Daily Star
Reaz Ahmad, The Daily Star, Saturday, November 7, 2009. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=113006
+ NOVA | Evolution in Your Life. Featuring Pam Ronald. PBS
By Gaia Remerowski,10.26.09, NOVA
+ Food, Farming and Genetics: A Panel Discussion with Michael Pollan. UCTV
Author Michael Pollan discusses his most recent book is about the ethics and ecology of eating. He is joined by a distinguished panel to discuss topics related to food, agriculture and the environment. University of California Television - http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=12178
+ First Flood-Tolerant Rice Released as Variety. Agriculture Business Week
By By Reynaldo F. Diocton and Hanah Hmm. Biag. Agriculture Business Week. http://www.agribusinessweek.com/first-flood-tolerant-rice-released-as-variety/
+ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 has been awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for the discovery of "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase". nobelprize.org
Press Release, 5 October 2009, nobelprize.org
+ Driven out of research. A virologist describes how stringent biosecurity regulations caused her to drop one line of work. Nature
By Meredith Wadman. Published online 30 September 2009. Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2009.957. http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090930/full/news.2009.957.html
+ CBI Remembers Dr. Norman Borlaug. Council for Biotechnology Information.
Council For Biotechnology Information. September 15, 2009. http://www.whybiotech.com/?p=1038
+ 'GM' rice may join the menu. China Daily
By Wang Zhuoqiong, China Daily, 2009-08-25. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/25/content_8611098.htm
+ Big Ideas for Our Future Health, Mind and Bodies - Smart Pills, Super-Rice, Mind Control, Organs (Popular Mechanics)
by Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics, July 2009
+ Five experts debate the roots of GM opposition, the role of big agribusiness, and whether we’ve achieved real scientific consensus. Seed Magazine
 
+ Watch Pam Ronald on The Eyes of Nye: Genetically Modified Foods
 
+ Rainy-Day Rice. Asian farmers will get a disaster-proof version of an essential crop. Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-12/rainy-day-rice
+ USDA discovery award recognizes rice research
CAES News and Events, UC Davis, December 9, 2008
+ Submergence tolerance research featured on KOVR CBS13
Reported by Anny Hong, CBS13, Dec 08
+ From genes to farmers’ fields: waterproof rice set to make waves in South Asia
IRRI Bulletin , November 2008
+The new organic: The future of food may depend on an unlikely marriage: organic farmers and genetic engineering.
The Boston Globe, March 16, 2008
+ Now Available: Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Pamela C. Ronald and R. W. Adamchak
+Submergence tolerance Nature paper has received the “Best Scientific Article” award from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
 
+ New flood-tolerant rice offers relief for world's poorest farmers
 
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