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    The document discusses a two-year project by local scientists at IPB-UPLB with financial support from the Department of Agriculture to develop a tomato breeding line resistant to Tomato Leaf Curl Virus using Marker-Assisted Selection and genes from the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. It also discusses the introduction of BT Corn which produces Bacillus thuringiensis toxins to combat major corn pests and help poor farmers combat poverty and improve livelihoods, with hectarage of BT Corn growing for 13 consecutive years except in 2015 due to drought. Potential benefits of GM crops mentioned include better nutrition, pest resistance, edible vaccines, antibodies in plants, extracting pollutants, less toxic residues, and alternative polymers.

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    The document discusses a two-year project by local scientists at IPB-UPLB with financial support from the Department of Agriculture to develop a tomato breeding line resistant to Tomato Leaf Curl Virus using Marker-Assisted Selection and genes from the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. It also discusses the introduction of BT Corn which produces Bacillus thuringiensis toxins to combat major corn pests and help poor farmers combat poverty and improve livelihoods, with hectarage of BT Corn growing for 13 consecutive years except in 2015 due to drought. Potential benefits of GM crops mentioned include better nutrition, pest resistance, edible vaccines, antibodies in plants, extracting pollutants, less toxic residues, and alternative polymers.

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    To LCV

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    Glen Briones
    The document discusses a two-year project by local scientists at IPB-UPLB with financial support from the Department of Agriculture to develop a tomato breeding line resistant to Tomato Leaf Curl Virus using Marker-Assisted Selection and genes from the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. It also discusses the introduction of BT Corn which produces Bacillus thuringiensis toxins to combat major corn pests and help poor farmers combat poverty and improve livelihoods, with hectarage of BT Corn growing for 13 consecutive years except in 2015 due to drought. Potential benefits of GM crops mentioned include better nutrition, pest resistance, edible vaccines, antibodies in plants, extracting pollutants, less toxic residues, and alternative polymers.

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    Genetically

    Modified Organism
    1.
    ToLCV
    Tomato Leaf Curl Virus
    IPB-UPLB

    ༝ Developed tomato breeding line


    resistant to tomato leaf curl virus

    3
    THE TWO YEAR PROJECT
    COMPOSED OF;
    ༝ Local Scientists at IPB-UPLB with financial support from Department of Agriculture
    Birtech Program.

    ༝ (AVRDC) Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center

    ༝ (MAS) Marker-Assisted Selection

    ༝ Gene maker

    4
    THE TWO YEAR PROJECT
    COMPOSED OF;

    Off
    season

    1990
    Virus
    Disease

    5
    BT CORN
    Bacillus thuringiensis

    6
    ༝
    “
    The most devastating corn pests in the industry. It was introduced as a
    “practical and ecologically sustainable solution” for poor corn farmers, a major
    bullet to combat poverty and improve livelihood.

    ༝ In the period 2003 to 2015, there were 13 years of consecutive growth in


    hectarage of Bt corn, except for 2015 due to drought.

    7
    Potential benefits of GM crops
    1. Better nutritional qualities

    2. Engineering pest

    3. Edible vaccines

    4. Antibodies engineered and produced in plants

    5. Crops which can extract and detoxify pollutants from the environment such as heavy
    metals

    6. Crops which produce less toxic residues

    7. Production of alternative polymers


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    Thanks!

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