Removes mercury from soil

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Removes mercury from soil
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Corn engineered with phytase to be launched
commercially in 2009, first GE corn in China
SOURCE Origin Agritech, http//www.originagritech
.com/news/news_contents.php?id40
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Engineered poplar removes environmental
pollutants through roots and air
SOURCE Doty, S.L., James, C.A., Moore, A.L.,
Vajzovic, A., Singleton, G.L., Ma, C., Khan, Z.,
Xi, G., Kang, J.W., Park, J.Y., Meilan, R.,
Strauss, S.H., Wilkerson, J., Farin, F. and
Strand. S.E. 2007. Enhanced phytoremediation of
volatile environmental pollutants with transgenic
trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA 10416816-16821.
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Tobacco engineered to grow in TNT
(trinitrotoluene)-contaminated soils
SOURCE Travis, E.R., Hannink, N.K., van der
Gast, C.J., Thompson, I.P., Rosser, S.J. and
Bruce, N.C.. 2007. Impact of Transgenic Tobacco
on Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Contaminated Soil
Community. Environmental Science and Technology
41 5854-5861.
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Engineered model plant grows in high levels of
boron that reduces yields of crop plants in
certain regions of world
SOURCE (left panel) Miwa, K., Takano, J., Omori,
H., Seki, M., Shinozaki, K. and Fujiwara, T.
2007. Plants Tolerant of High Boron Levels.
Science 30 1417. (right panel) Sutton, T.,
Baumann, U., Hayes, J., Collins, N.C., Shi,
B.-J., Schnurbusch, T., Hay, A., Mayo, G.,
Pallotta, M., Tester, M. and Langridge, P. 2007.
Boron-Toxicity Tolerance in Barley Arising from
Efflux Transporter Amplification. Science 318
1446-1449.
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Engineered plants yield improved under
boron-limited conditions
SOURCE Milwa et al. 2006. Improvement of seed
yields under boron-limiting conditions through
overexpression of BOR1, a boron transporter for
xylem loading, in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant
Journal 46 1084-1091.
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Enviropig causes less phosphorus pollution that
causes environmental problems in lakes and
estuaries
SOURCE Newsweek, March 2006 http//www.msnbc.msn.
com/id/11786176/site/newsweek/
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Characterization of submergence response in near
isogenic rice lines
M202(Sub1) M202
M202(Sub1) M202
14 days old
14 days
Submergence under 80 cm water under greenhouse
light and temperature conditions
tolerant intolerant
recovery
Takeshi Fukao, UCR
Source P. Ronald, UC Davis
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Can knowledge of the genetic mechanism of
submergence tolerance benefit farmers?
Over 20 of the worlds rice is grown in
flood-prone areas
Many rice weeds do not tolerate prolonged
submergence
Source P. Ronald, UC Davis