{"id":17949,"date":"2020-09-07T20:06:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/?p=17949"},"modified":"2020-09-07T20:06:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:06:34","slug":"south-koreas-first-genome-edited-petunia-approved-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/south-koreas-first-genome-edited-petunia-approved-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea&#8217;s First Genome Edited Petunia Approved in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research team led by professor Geung-Ju Lee of Chungnam National University and Toolgen announced that the new variety of petunia co-developed with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaaa.org\/resources\/publications\/pocketk\/54\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CRISPR genome editing<\/a> technology has been determined as non-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaaa.org\/resources\/publications\/pocketk\/1\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GMO<\/a>&nbsp;by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was released under the &#8220;Am I Regulated?&#8221; program of the USDA. The program is designed to verify the presence of GMOs for crops developed with new breeding techniques such as CRISPR technology. The genome-edited petunia developed in South Korea is the first genome-edited petunia approved by the USDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have succeeded in developing a new breed of petunia in pale pinky-purple color for the first time in the world by introducing CRISPR system,&#8221; said professor Geung-Ju Lee. &#8220;Through the Research Center for Animal and Plant Genome Editing established by Chungnam National University and Toolgen, we plan to promote the development of new high-value-added genome editing variety crops and jointly respond to domestic regulatory issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, read the article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hankyung.com\/finance\/article\/2020051460916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hankyung<\/a>\u00a0(in Korean).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaaa.org\/kc\/cropbiotechupdate\/article\/default.asp?ID=18301\">ISAAA.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The research team led by professor Geung-Ju Lee of Chungnam National University and Toolgen announced that the new variety of petunia co-developed with CRISPR genome editing technology has been determined as non-GMO&nbsp;by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 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