Genetically modified rice: Difference between revisions

In 2000, the first two GM rice varieties both with herbicide-resistance, called LLRice60 and LLRice62, were approved in the United States. Later, these and other types of herbicide-resistant GM rice were approved in Canada, Australia, Mexico and Colombia. However, none of these approvals triggered commercialization.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fraiture |first1=M.-A. |last2=Roosens |first2=N. |last3=Taverniers |first3=I. |last4=De Loose |first4=M. |last5=Deforce |first5=D. |last6=Herman |first6=P. |date=June 2016 |title=Biotech rice: Current developments and future detection challenges in food and feed chain |journal=Trends in Food Science & Technology |volume=52 |pages=66–79 |doi=10.1016/j.tifs.2016.03.011 |doi-access=free |hdl=1854/LU-7105457 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> [[Reuters]] reported in 2009 that China had granted biosafety approval to GM rice with pest resistance,<ref>{{cite web |title=China gives safety approval to GMO rice |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK37812 |website=Reuters |language=en |date=27 November 2009}}</ref> but that strain was not commercialized. As of December 2012 GM rice was not widely available for production or consumption.<ref name="RiceToday-GMrice">[http://irri.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=12438&lang=en The state of play: genetically modified rice], Rice Today, Jan-Mar 2012.</ref> Research suggests that since rice is a staple crop across the world, improvements have potential to alleviate hunger, malnutrition and poverty.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Demont | first1 = M. | last2 = Stein | first2 = A. J. | title = Global value of GM rice: A review of expected agronomic and consumer benefits | doi = 10.1016/j.nbt.2013.04.004 | journal = New Biotechnology | year = 2013 | pmid = 23628812| volume=30 | issue = 5 | pages=426–436| s2cid = 7434257 }}</ref>

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