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Engineered sugarcane with higher sucrose accumulation, enhanced drought tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency and improved

Engineered sugarcane with higher sucrose accumulation, enhanced drought tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency and improved ethanol production in field trials in Australia SOURCE: “Limited release of GM sugarcane in AUSTRALIA”, Crop Biotech Update, 5/22/09, http: //www. ogtr. gov. au/internet/ogtr/publishing. nsf/Content/dir 095

Environmental assessment for field release of eucalyptus engineered for cold tolerance and altered lignin

Environmental assessment for field release of eucalyptus engineered for cold tolerance and altered lignin SOURCE: APHIS. 2010. Arbor. GEN, LLC; Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Controlled Release of a Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Hybrid. Federal Register January 19, 2010, Vol. 25, No. 11, p. 2845, Docket No. APHIS-2008 -0059.

Enogen™ corn engineered with starch degrading enzyme results in improved ethanol production SOURCE: Japan

Enogen™ corn engineered with starch degrading enzyme results in improved ethanol production SOURCE: Japan and Taiwan Approve Syngenta's Enogen(TM) Corn Amylase Trait for Import, Syngenta press release, August 2, 2010. http: //www 2. syngenta. com/en/media/pdf/mediareleases/en/NR-Enogen%20 Japan-Taiwan%20 Approval%207%2028%2010. pdf

GE Corn produces alpha-amylase to break down starch into sugar to facilitate ethanol production.

GE Corn produces alpha-amylase to break down starch into sugar to facilitate ethanol production. Raises concerns in food sector SOURCE: “U. S. Approves Corn Modified for Ethanol”, New York Times, February 11, 2011. http: //www. nytimes. com/2011/02/12/business/12 corn. html? _r=1&src=busln&pagewanted=print

SOURCE: “U. S. Approves Corn Modified for Ethanol”, New York Times, February 11, 2011.

SOURCE: “U. S. Approves Corn Modified for Ethanol”, New York Times, February 11, 2011. http: //www. nytimes. com/2011/02/12/business/12 corn. html? _r=1&src=busln&pagewanted=print

SOURCE: “U. S. Approves Corn Modified for Ethanol”, New York Times, February 11, 2011.

SOURCE: “U. S. Approves Corn Modified for Ethanol”, New York Times, February 11, 2011. http: //www. organicconsumers. org/articles/article_22552. cfm

SOURCE: “Biotech corn approved as ethanol source”, Capital Press, February 18, 2011. http: //www.

SOURCE: “Biotech corn approved as ethanol source”, Capital Press, February 18, 2011. http: //www. capitalpress. com/print/mp-ethanol-corn-021811

SOURCE: “PGE looks to giant cane for fuel”, Capital Press, August 11, 2011 http:

SOURCE: “PGE looks to giant cane for fuel”, Capital Press, August 11, 2011 http: //www. capitalpress. com/oregon/ml-giant-cane-081211 -art

Bacterium engineered with biofuel synthesis pathways to make fuel substitutes for gasoline, diesel or

Bacterium engineered with biofuel synthesis pathways to make fuel substitutes for gasoline, diesel or jet engines from plant biomass SOURCE: Bokinsky, G. , Peralta-Yahya, P. P. , George, A. , Holmes, B. M. , Steen, E. J. , Dietrich, J. , Lee, T. S. , Tullman-Ercek, D. , Voigt, C. A. , Simmons, B. A. , and Keasling, J. D. 2011. Synthesis of three advanced biofuels from ionic liquid-pretreated switchgrass using engineered Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, www. pnas. org/cgi/doi/10. 1073/pnas. 1106958108.

Eucalyptus engineered to confer cold tolerance, altered lignin biosynthesis, growth and flowering SOURCE: USDA-APHIS

Eucalyptus engineered to confer cold tolerance, altered lignin biosynthesis, growth and flowering SOURCE: USDA-APHIS 2012. Arbor. Gen, LLC; Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Controlled Release of a Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Hybrid. Federal Register Volume 77, Number 109, pp. 33389 -33390.