Articles

General

  • Anthony M. Shelton, Marc Fuchs, and Frank A. Shotkoski. (2008) Transgenic Vegetables and Fruits for Control of Insects and Insect-Vectored Pathogens. Chapter 9 in J. Romeis, A.M. Shelton, G.G. Kennedy (eds.), Integration of Insect-Resistant Genetically Modified Crops within IPM Programs. Springer, New York.

  • Alhassan, Walter. (2002) Application des biotechnologies agricoles en Afrique de lOuest et du centre: résultats de l'étude. http://www.absp2.cornell.edu/resources/reports/documents/alhassan-francais.pdf

  • Bayer, Jessica. (2007) Biotechnologies in the Philippines: The Cost of Regulation. MS thesis. Virginia Tech. (supervised by George Norton)

  • Gregory et al. (draft)  Product Development and Commercialization of Genetically Engineered Crops through Public-Private Partnerships: The Case of Insect-Resistant Eggplant.

  • Gregory, P., and S.P. Kowalski. (2009) Crop Bioengineering: Enormous Potential for Catalyzing International Development. Agriculture for Development, No. 6, Summer 2009 (Tropical Agriculture Association), pp. 26-30.

  • Gregory, Peter, Robert H. Potter, Frank A. Shotkoski, Desiree Hautea, K.V. Raman, Vijay Vijayaraghavan, William H. Lesser, George Norton, W. Ronnie Coffman. (2008) Gregory, P., R.H. Potter, F.A. Shotkoski, D. Hautea, K.V. Raman, V. Vijayaraghavan, W.H. Lesser, G. Norton and W.R. Coffman (2008). Bioengineered Crops as Tools for International Development: Opportunities and Strategic Considerations. Experimental Agriculture, volume 44, pp. 277-299.

  • Maupin, J. (2007)  “Valuing the Environmental Benefits from GM Products Using an Experimental Procedure: Lessons from the United States and the Philippines,” MS thesis, Virginia Tech. (supervised by George Norton)

  • Nisbet, Matthew C. (2006) Seeds of Promise or Roots of Conflict? South Asian Press Coverage of Plant Biotechnology. ABSPII.

  • Raman K.V., Vijayraghavan. (draft) Crop Improvement in India by Modern Biotechnology: What’s in the Pipeline?

  • Shotkoski, F.A. (2008)  “Agricultural Biotechnology: A Road Map to Commercialization.” From Promises to Practice. Proceedings of BioVision Alexandria 2008.
     

Banana

  • Howard J. Atkinson, Wilberforce K. Tushemereirwe, Rony L. Swennen and Frank A. Shotkoski. (draft) Banana research can support biosafe Africanization of plant biotechnology to improve food security.

  • Kikulwe, E. and Wesseler, J., Falck-Zepeda, J. (2008) Introducing a Genetically Modified Banana in Uganda: Social Benefits, Costs, and Consumer Perceptions. IFPRI Discussion Paper 00767. http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00767.pdf

  • Shotkoski, F.A.; Tripathi, Leena; Kiggundu, Andrew; Arinaitwe, Geofrey; Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce. (in press) “The Role of Biotechnology and Transgenics in Musa in Africa.” Proceedings of Banana 2008: Banana and Plantain in Africa. Mombasa, Kenya. October 5-9, 2008.


Eggplant


Groundnut

  • Sharma, Kiran K. (2008) Development and evaluation of transgenic groundnut for resistance to the groundnut stem necrosis disease (GSND) caused by the tobacco streak virus (TSV), (reviewed by Department of  Biotechnology, Government of India)


Papaya

  • Cumagun, Christian Joseph R., Padilla, C. L., Tolentino, M. S., Hautea, D. M. (2008) Comparison of the Infection Caused by Pythium debaryanum, Phytophthora palmivora and Erwinia Caricae on Transgenic and Non-transgenic Papaya Ringspot Virus Resistant Plants. Journal of Plant Protection Research.  Vol 48, No. 2. pp 137-145. Polish Academy of Sciences.

  • Hautea, D.M. (draft) Coat protein-mediated protection of Philippine transgenic papaya against papaya ringspot virus via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.

  • Sta. Curz, Pompe C., Magnaye, A. M. A., Magdalita, P. M., Hautea, D. M., and Hautea, R. A. (2009) Transpiration Rate and Stomatal Parameters of Transgenic Papaya Conferred with Papaya Ringspot Virus Resistance. Asia Life Sciences. Vol. 18, No. 1. Pp 111-120. Rushing Water Publishers Ltd., Philippines.


Potato

  • Bradeen, J.M., M. Iorizzo, D.S. Mollov, J. Raasch, L. Colton Kramer, B.P. Millett, S. Austin-Phillips, J. Jiang, and D. Carputo. (2009) Higher copy numbers of the potato RB transgene correspond to enhanced transcript and late blight resistance levels. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 22:437-446.

  • Chakrabarti, S.K., Kaushik, S.K., Bhat, M.N., Singh, P..H., Singh, B.P., Raasch, J., Austin-Phillips, S., Raman, K.V., and Pandey, S.K. (2008) Late blight resistance of RB-transgenic Katahdin under natural epiphytotic condition in India. Global Potato Conference 2008: Opportunities and Challenges in the Millennium, Indian Potato Association, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, India.

  • Halterman, Dennis, Lara Colton Dramer, Susan Wielgus, Jiming Jian. (2008) Performance of Transgenic Potato Containing the Late Blight Resistance Gene RB. The American Phytopathological Society, Plant Disease / March 2008 p.339.

  • Kashyap, S., Bhardwaj, V., Budhlakoti, N., Singh, P.H., Singh, B.P., Raman, K.V., Pandey, S.K., Austin-Phillips, S., and Chakrabarti, S.K. (2008) Development of RB-transgenic clones of Indian commercial potato cultivars and their performance against late blight. Global Potato Conference 2008: Opportunities and Challenges in the Millennium, Indian Potato Association, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, India.

  • Kaushik, S.K., Bhardwaj, V. Shandil. R.K., Singh, P.H., Bhat, M.N., Singh, B.P., Raman, K.V., Pandey, S.K., and Chakrabarti, S.K. (2008) Introgression of RB gene conferring late blight resistance into Indian potato cultivars. Global Potato Conference 2008: Opportunities and Challenges in the Millennium, Indian Potato Association, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, India.

  • Kaushik, S.K., Singh, P.H., Singh, B.P., Raasch, J., Austin-Phillips, S., Raman, K.V., and Chakrabarti, S.K. (2008) Late blight resistance of Solanum bulbocastanum derived somatic hybrids of potato. Global Potato Conference 2008: Opportunities and Challenges in the Millennium, Indian Potato Association, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, India.


Rice

  • Anirudh Kumar, Ch. Radhika, M. Jayaprada, A.K. Biswal, R.M. Sundaram, Ray Wu and S.M. Balachandran, (2007) Development of transgenic rice for drought and salinity tolerance. National Symposium on, “Research priorities and strategies in rice production system for second green revolution”, 20-22, November 2007, CRRI, Cuttack.

  • S.M. Balachandran, R.M. Sundaram and B.C. Viraktamath. (2008) Genetic engineering options for mitigation of drought and salinity stresses in rice, APSP-II Newsletter, January 2008, Vol 3(1).

  • C.Ramasamy, K.N.Selvaraj. George Norton. (2006) Economic and Environmental Benefits and Costs of Developing and Commercializing Transgenic Crops- The case of Drought and Salinity Tolerant Rice.


Tomato

  • Chen, L.-F., Rojas, M. R., Kon, T., Gamby, K., Xoconostle-Cazares, B., and Gilbertson, R. L. (2009) A severe symptom phenotype in tomato in Mali is caused by a reassortant between a novel recombinant begomovirus (Tomato yellow leaf curl Mali virus) and a betasatellite.  Mol. Plant Pathol. 10: 415-430.

  • Gilbertson, R., M. Jahn, V. Lavasseur and K. Gamby (2004) Application of Biotechnology to the Tomato Virus Crisis in West Africa, ABSPII.

  • Gordon, Jeffrey. (2009) Reseeding Tomato Production in West Africa: Identification and Deployment of High Yielding Cultivars Resistant to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Disease. (dissertation)

  • Kang, Byoung-Cheorl, Inhwa Yeam, Hanxia Li, Kari W. Perez, and Molly M. Jahn. (2007) Ectopic expression of a recessive resistance gene generates dominant potyvirus resistance in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal 5 (4):526-536.

  • Kon, T., Rojas, M. R., Abdourhamane, I. K., and Gilbertson, R. L. (2009) The roles and interactions of begomoviruses and satellited DNAs associated with okra leaf curl disease in Mali, West Africa. J. Gen. Virol. 90: 1001-1013.

  • Noussorou, M. (2008) Tomato leaf curl disease complex in Mali: characterization of viruses involved, germplasm screening and implementation if a host free period in the irrigated perimeter of Baguineda. University of Bamako. 122 pp. (dissertation)

  • Perez, Kari. (2009) Deployment and characterization of recessive resistance gene pvr1 in the Solanaceae. (Dissertation included appendices titled “ABSPII: Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II, Application of biotechnology to the tomato virus crisis in West Africa” and “Molecular biology for agricultural research applications”)

  • Rojas, M. R. and Gilbertson, R. L. (2008) Emerging plant viruses: a diversity of mechanisms and opportunities. Pages 27-51. In M. J. Roossinck (ed.), Plant Virus Evolution. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

  • Zhou, Y.-C., Noussourou, M., Kon, T., Rojas, M. R., Jiang, H., Chen, L.-F., Gamby, K., Foster, R., and Gilbertson, R. L. (2008) Evidence for local evolution of tomato-infecting begomovirus species in West Africa: characterization of tomato leaf curl Mali virus and tomato yellow leaf crumple virus from Mali. Arch. Virol. 153:693-706.
     

 

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