October 15, 2014
United Kingdom - Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette, December 2014
October 8, 2014
United Kingdom - Animal and Plant Health Agency is launched
September 8, 2014
United Kingdom - Deputy Prime Minister announces Kew Gardens funding to be protected
August 13, 2014
United Kingdom - Combined agency to safeguard animal and plant health
July 30, 2014
United Kingdom - Zonal Harmonisation Seed Treatment Project: Revised UK requirements addressing the storage of treated seed
June 24, 2014
United Kingdom - National Farmers Union continues to call for sound science
May 14, 2014
United Kingdom - Growing our future: plant science to address global challenges and boost growth
May 3, 2014
United Kingdom - Agricultural Minister announces shake up of Defra agencies (Farmers Guardian)
May 1, 2014
United Kingdom - Update from the Plant Health & Seeds Inspectorate - ban on certain imports from India
April 17, 2014
Trial of GM plants to help fight heart disease given go-ahead - Scientists to grow a crop of camelina plants genetically modified to produce fish oils that could be used in health supplements (The Guardian)
March 14, 2014
United Kingdom - David Cameron's science advisers call for expansion of GM crops (The Guardian)
March 12, 2014
United Kingdom - New Chief Plant Health Officer announced - Professor Nicola Spence to take up post in April
March 11, 2014
United kingdom - DEFRA Secretary Owen Paterson backs EU proposal to fast-track GM crops (Farmers Weekly)
October 30, 2013
United Kingdom - National Listing and Plant Breeders' Rights: Consultation on revision of fees to achieve full cost recovery for statutory services
September 7, 2013
United Kingdom - Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) publishes three reports on the EU regulatory system for GMOs
July 24, 2013
UK’s agricultural resilience strengthened by new initiative in York
June 28, 2013
British scientists to lead major EU-funded project (TESTA) which will look at how and what pests and diseases are transmitted by seed, together with the reliable detection and disinfection of contaminated seed
June 14, 2013
Rothamsted Research is granted permission by Defra to plant autumn-sown wheat as part of its GM field trial
June 13, 2013
United Kingdom - Defra approves Rothamsted GM wheat trial extension (Farmers Guardian)
May 7, 2013
United Kingdom - FERA responds to heightened ring rot risk (Farmers Weekly)
March 25, 2013
Rothamsted Research submits application to Defra to plant autumn-sown wheat as part of its GM field trial
March 21, 2013
United Kingdom - Parliament, written answer - Potential dangers to human health posed by the virus Gene VI when it overlaps with the cauliflower mosaic virus CaMV 35S promoter
November 22, 2012
United Kingdom - DEFRA minister backs use of 'safe' GM crops (Farmers Weekly)
June 15, 2012
United Kingdom - Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette, June 2012
April 3, 2012
EU-funded project to speed up the development of drought and disease resistant crops
March 28, 2012
New EU-funded project aims to speed up the development of drought and disease resistant crops
March 21, 2012
ABSTRESS, five-year, three-million Euro project set to revolutionise the way in which new plant varieties are produced
September 16, 2011
United Kingdom - Defra approves GM wheat trial
June 15, 2011
British plant breeders welcome DEFRA's stance on royalties (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
December 22, 2010
Bee scientists to force killer mites to self destruct
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