Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology and Bioresources
Current News
Synthetic Genes Found to Modify Root Structures and Increase Plant Resiliency 16 September 2022
Using synthetic genes, researchers at Stanford University have been able to modify the root structures of plants which could make crops more efficient at gathering nutrients and water, and more resilient to increasing pressures from climate change..........Read more
News Source | Photo Credit: ISAAA
Gene-edited rice can naturally fix nitrogen in the soil, vastly reducing the need for chemical fertilizers
13 September 2022
With new genetically modified grain crops, a sustainable alternative can be created by adopting a new way of producing grain, without the large amounts of fertilizer that are normally involved in cultivation.........Read more
News Source | Photo Credit: Jeanette Kras | Scientias | Open University via Britannica
Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Eggplants
08 September 2022
The Crop Trust initiated the development of a global conservation strategy for eggplants to overview the current status and identify issues of concern........Read more
News Source | Photo Credit: THE CROP TRUST
Novel Protein Vpb4Da2 Against Western Corn Rootworm Passes Food and Feed Safety Assessment
06 September 2022
The development of genetically modified (GM) crops expressing one or more proteins that confer tolerance to Western Corn Rootworm, was a historic breakthrough in agricultural biotechnology and continues to serve as an invaluable tool in pest management........Read more
News Source | Photo Credit: ISAAA | PLOS ONE
Researchers Improve Pre-harvest Sprouting Resistance in Rice Using CRISPR-Cas9
01 September 2022
Pre-harvest sprouting can be checked by strengthening seed dormancy using gene editing technology.......Read more
News Source | Photo Credit: ISAAA | Research Square
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEBINAR SERIES FOR POPULARIZING PLANT TISSUE CULTURE IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES TOWARDS REALIZING ITS POTENTIAL
Date: May 31, 2022 Webinar 1: Banana, Root and Tuber Crops (Banana & Potato) | Registration Link
June 30, 2022 Webinar 2: Perennial fruits/cash crops ((Date palm, Pomegranate & Sugarcane) | Registration Link
July 29, 2022 Webinar 3: Tree/ Woody Plants (Bamboo & Teak) | Registration Link
August 26, 2022 Webinar 4: Ornamentals Plants | Registration Link
Organizers: APAARI, BCIL, APCoAB
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VIRTUAL REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME ON APPLICATION OF MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC GENETIC RESOURCES – NOMINATIONS
Date and Time: Module 1: Genetic Diversity and Ex-Situ Conservation (8 days; 16 to 23 December 2021)
Module 2: Aquatic Animal Diseases and Biosecurity (9 days; 4 to 12 January 2022)
Module 3: Genomics and Bioinformatics (9 days; 13 to 21 January 2022)
Organizers: ICAR, NBFGR, APAARI, APCoAB
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON “INNOVATION AND APPLICATION OF ANIMAL VACCINES AND HEALTH-PROMOTION FEED ADDITIVES FOR ANTIBIOTICS-FREE ERA IN LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY”
Date and Time: November 11-12, 2021; 07:30-16:00 and 08:30-09:50 (ICT)
Organizers: FFTC, TLRI
Partners: DST-Taiwan, AHRI, BAPHIQ, ATRI, TIER, APAARI, APCoAB
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Concept Note | Programme
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VIRTUAL REGIONAL EXPERT CONSULTATION ON AGROFORESTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS OF FARMERS IN ASIA-PACIFIC
Date and Time: October 13-14, 2021; 11:00-14:15 (ICT)
Organizers: APAARI, CIFOR-ICRAF, APCoAB, COA
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Concept Note | Technical Programme
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WEBINAR SERIES ON APPLICATIONS OF GENE EDITING IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
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Organizers: APAARI, KBCH, BCIL, APCoAB
VIRTUAL REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON INVESTMENT IN MODERN AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT ON LIVELIHOODS OF FARMERS IN ASIA-PACIFIC
Date and Time: August 2-3, 2021; 11:00-14:15 (ICT)
Organizers: APAARI, APCoAB, PCAARRD, COA, CLA, FSII
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Concept Note | Tentative Technical Programme | Speakers' Presentations
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WEBINAR ON THE ANALYSIS OF PESTICIDES, VETERINARY DRUGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS
Topic: The QuEChERSER mega method for the analysis of pesticides, veterinary drugs and environmental contaminants
Date: 9 AM EDT (New York Time), April 19, 2021
Lecturer: Dr. Steven Lehotay (Lead Scientist at USDA-ARS)
Zoom ID: 925 9736 2164
Password: 2021
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REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME ON BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS IN AQUATIC GENETIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND EX SITU CONSERVATION
Date: December 7-18, 2020
Organizer: ICAR, NBFGR, APAARI and APCoAB
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE PRACTICE AND BENEFITS OF CIRCULAR AGRICULTURE IN WASTE REDUCING AND RECYCLING
Date: November 5-6, 2020
Location: Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC), Taipei, Taiwan
Organizer: COA, FFTC and TLRI
Partner: APAARI and APCoAB
REGIONAL EXPERT CONSULTATION ON AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS
Date: October 28, 2020
Organizer: ICAR-NBAIM, APAARI, APCoAB and COA
Concept Note and Tentative Technical Programme
APCOAB STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Date: July 7, 2020
Organizer: APAARI and APCoAB
INTERNATIONAL HANDS-ON TRAINING ON GENOME EDITING TECHNOLOGIES
Date: October 14-25, 2019
Location: ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
Organizer: ICRISAT, BioNCube, APAARI, APCoAB, GLDC
ICRISAT and APAARI under its programme on APCoAB jointly announce to organize an International Hands-on Training on Genome Editing Technologies.
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON IN VITRO AND CRYOPRESERVATION APPROACHES FOR CONSERVATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES
Date: November 5-19, 2019
Location: New Delhi, India
Organizer: ICAR-NBPGR, Bioversity International, APAARI, APCoAB
International Training Course on ‘In Vitro and Cryopreservation Approaches for Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources is being jointly organized by ICAR-NBPGR, Bioversity International APAARI and APCoAB. Last date of receiving applications is June 30, 2019.
REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON FISH AND MARINE GENETIC RESOURCES AND THEIR AMELIORATION
Date: July 10-12, 2019
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Organizer: APAARI, APCoAB, COA, SLCARP, NARA, NAQDA, MEPA
A Regional Workshop on Fish and Marine Genetic Resources and their Amelioration is being organized by APAARI, APCoAB in collaboration with SLCARP, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
WORKSHOP ON INNOVATIONS IN AGRIBUSINESS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
Date: July 1-5, 2019
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Organizer: APO, COA, APAARI, APCoAB
A workshop on Innovations in Agribusiness for Young Entrepreneurs being organized at Taipei, Taiwan. Under program of APCoAB, 7 participants from Fiji, India, Iran, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Sri Lanka have been sponsored to attend this workshop.
WORKSHOP ON UNDERUTILIZED ANIMAL RESOURCES OF ASIA-PACIFIC AND THEIR AMELIORATION
Date: March 4-6, 2019
Location: Serdang, Selangor (Malaysia)
Organizer: APAARI, MARDI, APCoAB, COA, ACIAR
A workshop on ‘Underutilized Animal Resources of Asia-Pacific and their Amelioration’ will be organized by APAARI/APCoAB in collaboration with the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Malaysia.
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM ON DRYLAND AGROBIODIVERSITY FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Date: 13 February 2019
Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Organizer: APAARI, MARDI, APCoAB, COA, ACIAR, DVS, UPM
Co-organized by ISPGR, Bioversity International,APAARI, United Nations Environment Programme UNEP, APCoAB during the 13th Internatinal Conference on Development of Drylands (ICDD-2019)
International seminar on conservation and prospecting of bioresources in Asia-Pacific region
Date: December 18-20, 2018
Location: Taipei (Taiwan)
Organizer: APAARI/APCoAB, COA
Workshop on underutilized animal resources of Asia-Pacific and their amelioration
Date: December 10-12, 2018
Location: Serdang, Selangor (Malaysia)
Organizer: APAARI/APCoAB, MARDI
LATEST PUBLICATION
Policy Paper on Scaling up the Adoption of GM Maize in Emerging Economies: Economic and Policy Lessons from The Philippines
Maize is important in emerging economies.... Read more
Tissue Culture-Raised Apple Rootstock in India – A Success Story
Apple ranks fourth in production globally.... Read more
Success Story on Induced Systemic Resistance
A New Hope for Malaysian Papaya Industry.... Read more
Sheep and Goats in Fiji and PNG – A Success Story
Success Story on Sheep and Goats in Fiji and PNG.... Read more
e-Compandium of Training Module on Biotechnological Tools in Aquatic Genetic Resource Management and Ex Situ Conservation
Link for registration: https://e-nbfgr.nbfgr.res.in/home/index... Read more
Regional Capacity Building Programme on Biotechnological Tools in Aquatic Genetic Resource Management and Ex Situ Conservation – Brochure
Regional Capacity Building Programme .... Read more
Regional Workshop on Underutilized Fish and Marine Genetic Resources and their Amelioration – Country Status Reports
Regional Workshop on Underutilized Fish and Marine.... Read more
Regional Workshop on Underutilized Fish and Marine Genetic Resources and their Amelioration – Proceedings and Recommendations
Regional Workshop on Underutilized Fish and Marine.... Read more
13th International Conference on Development of Drylands - Converting Dryland Areas from Grey into Green – Proceedings
13th International Conference on Development of Drylands.... Read more
APCoAB Brochure (2020)
This publication provides a brief account of the mission, objectives, strategy and activities of Asia-pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology. Read more
INFOGRAPHICS
Gene-edited wheat had significantly more grains per spike compared with the wild type, thereby increasing yield per unit area
09 September 2022
Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology in wheat, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Peking University obtained multi-spikelet phenotype in the lower middle part of the spikes......Read More
Multiple field trails of late blight-resistant (LBR) GM potatoes will be conducted by Bangladesh and Indonesia
02 September 2022
Under a partnership funded by the USAID, Michigan State University, the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute and the Indonesian Center for Agricultural Biotechnology Genetic Resources Research and Development......Read More
Indian government permits field trials of first drought-resistant rice variety developed using genome editing
19 August 2022
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) have given the sanctions for the field evaluation of genome-edited rice variety during the kharif 2024 and likely to be in farmers’ field in 2026.........Read More
BLOGS
WEBINAR SERIES FOR POPULARIZING PLANT TISSUE CULTURE IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES TOWARDS REALIZING ITS POTENTIAL
Date: May 31, 2022 Webinar 1: Banana, Root and Tuber Crops (Banana & Potato) | Registration Link
June 30, 2022 Webinar 2: Perennial fruits/cash crops ((Date palm, Pomegranate & Sugarcane) | Registration Link
July 29, 2022 Webinar 3: Tree/ Woody Plants (Bamboo & Teak) | Registration Link
August 26, 2022 Webinar 4: Ornamentals Plants | Registration Link
Organizers: APAARI, BCIL, APCoAB
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