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Alert: IRRI and PhilRice receive permission to field test transgenic ric
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Masipag News & Views
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Feb 15, 2002 17:00 PST
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Dear friends,
We have received word that IRRI and PhilRice have received approval for
field testing GMO rice that has been modified with a gene for bacterial
blight resistance. The letter we received from IRRI is below.
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15 February 2002
Mr. Emmanuel A. Yap
National Coordinator
MASIPAG
Aguilla St., Rhoda Subdivision
Los Baños, Laguna
Sub.: Joint PhilRice-IRRI project on “Field testing of transgenic rice
with Xa21 gene for bacterial blight resistance”
Dear Mr. Yap
This is in reference to your fax on the above subject addressed to Dr.
William G. Padolina, Deputy Director for Partnerships-IRRI. We received
notice of the approval of the field testing project in a letter from
Undersecretary Panlasigui dated 5 February 2002. Accordingly, the trial
will be conducted in this season at one of the two sites at the PhilRice
experiment station, Maligaya, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija.
We have discussed about the above trial with Dr. Rhodora Aldemita,
PhilRice. I am requesting Dr. Aldemita through a copy of this letter to
respond to your query on the above project.
Thanking you.
Darshan S. Brar
Chair, IBC
Plant Breeding, Genetics & Biochemistry Division
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
DAPO Box 7777
Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel.: (63-2) 845-0563 ext. 709
Fax: (63-2) 891-1292; 761-2406
E-mail: D.B-@CGIAR.ORG <mailto:D.B-@CGIAR.ORG>
IRRI website: <http://www.cgiar.org//irri>
Cc: Dr. William G. Padolina
Dr. Rhodora Aldemita/Dr. RodanteTabien
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