b'REGULATORYKEEPING YOU INFORMED OF LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY CHANGES IN EUROPE AND ABROAD FROM LAWSUITS TO APPROVALS TO OTHER REGULATORY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS.NATIONAL research trials, Agrisure Duracade has demonstrated a very high EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS JOIN FORCES TO ENABLE THE POTENTIALlevel of efficacy in controlling CRW.OF GENOME EDITING The approval covers corn grain and its derived products for The European scientific community, signatory to the Openfood and feed use within the countries of the European Union (EU).Statement, urgently calls upon the European institutions includ-ing the European Council, the new European Parliament and theINTERNATIONALupcoming European Commission to take appropriate legal actionNEW ZEALAND\'S GENE EDITING LAWS NEED AN OVERHAUL, to enable European scientists and breeders to apply genomeCOUNTRY\'S TOP SCIENTIFIC BODY SAYSediting for sustainable agriculture and food. The ability to useNew Zealand\'s gene editing regulations need an overhaul and genome editing is crucial for the welfare and food security ofthere is an urgent need for discussion and debate, an expert European citizens. panel set by the Royal Society Te (New Zealands top scientific body) has found. EUROPEAN COMMISSION GRANTS GRAIN IMPORT APPROVALIn response to the Royal Society\'s report, the government is FOR SYNGENTA CORN TRAIT now considering the impacts of lowering the regulatory hurdles Syngenta announced it has received import approval for the Agrisurefor gene editing.Duracade trait (event 5307) from the European Commission. "All you\'re doing is cutting a piece of DNA. Once a piece of The trait features a unique mode of action that controls cornDNA is opened up, we can do all kinds of things. We haven\'t been rootworm (CRW) differently than other traits on the market. Inin the position where gene editing has been released into the environment. It is possible to do that, but the road to do that in New Zealand is very long, very hard and very expensive."The panel looked at the implications of gene editing in areas of health care, pest control and in primary industries, with views given for and against the use of in each area. When asked by host Jack Tame if the technology could be used in attempts to tackle climate change, Professor Dearden said it could "certainly be part of the solution". "Increasing the efficiency of our farming is going to be vital for our farming industry to remain competitive in the future, I think the same with pest control."We can\'t go on just spreading toxins throughout the land-scape. Maybe in certain places and in certain ways, a genetic approach might be a better one."The panel found a number of issues if the gene editing legal framework was to be updated, including compromising New Zealand\'s genetic modification-free brand. (Source: TVNZ)YIELD10 BIOSCIENCE GRANTED U.S. PATENT C3003Yield10 Bioscience announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent covering the use of C3003 to improve seed yield in crops. The U.S. patent 10,337,024 is entitled, Plants with enhanced photosynthesis and methods of manufacture thereof. Yield10 is the exclusive licensee of this intellectual property from The University of Massachusetts. The C3003 yield trait is based on a transporter gene derived from algae that can be used to increase seed yield in plants. C3003 is believed to play a role in carbon capture and directing carbon to seed. Yield10 is testing C3003 as a technology to increase seed yield in major crops including Camelina, canola, soybean and corn.64IEUROPEAN SEEDIEUROPEAN-SEED.COM'