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Bioengineering to crop up when science group meets
Bioengineering to crop up when science group meets
One of biotechnology’s leading advocates
will hold a presentation at the 176th annual meeting
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
which will start Thursday at the San Diego Convention Center
and other venues. About 8,000 people from more than 50 countries
are expected for the five-day affair,
making it the largest general-science conference in the nation.
Date: 2/18/2010 11:07:51 AM ( 14 y ) ... viewed 1322 times
THIS IS STORY
that appeared in the SAN DIEGO
UNION TRIBUNE ON VALENTINE's DAY
February 14 that made me want to
attend the AAAS 2010 Meeting
being held at the San Diego Convention Center
February 18-22, 2010.
I read this story for the first time
on February 18 sometime in the early afternoon.
I got in the door of the Convention Center
about 30 minutes before the Press Room Registration
closed the first day. Molly McElroy, a perfect
wpman for this job, headed the reg area.
I felt good around her staff as well, especially
the one who created my Press Pass and asked
to see stories I had written.
FROM THE UNION TRIBUNE ARTICLE
If the titans of agribusiness are right, the world is on the verge of a major breakthrough in the way food is grown. But if history is any indication, genetically modified crops will need to overcome a lot of skepticism to spark a consumer revolution.
That uncertainty is fueled by the mixed record of current bioengineered crops — mainly soybeans, corn, canola — in meeting lofty targets set by backers of high-tech seeds. Vitamin-enhanced foods remain out of reach, it’s unclear how much biotechnology has boosted plant production, and a recent study said genetically engineered plants have increased usage of herbicides.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/14/bioengineering-to-crop-up-when...
NEWS FROM THE AAAS
http://www.aaas.org/news/
MEETINGS AT THE AAAS CONFERENCE
http://www.aaas.org/meetings/2010/program/topicals/
Bioengineering to crop up when science group meets
BY MIKE LEE, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 AT 12:02 A.M.
DAVID BROOKS
Maarten Chrispeels, in the plant-growth room at UCSD’s Muir Biology Building, is an emeritus professor of biology and an expert in molecular agriculture. David Brooks / U-T
BIOTECH CROPS
Genetically engineered plants were introduced to the commercial market in 1996 and are now grown worldwide.
United States: 154 million acres of soybeans, corn, cotton, canola and other crops
Argentina: 52 million acres of soybeans, corn and cotton
Brazil: 39 million acres of soybeans, corn and cotton
India: 19 million acres of cotton
Canada: 19 million acres of canola, corn, soybeans and sugar beets
SOURCE: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, 2008
9:05 AM
February 18, 2010
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