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	<title>Genetic Maize - Navigating the maze of GMOs</title>
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	<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com</link>
	<description>Working to dispel myths abut GMOs and science in general</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>After the flood</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/after-the-flood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/after-the-flood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As flood waters are receding or moving downriver, I have been wondering what is in the water. The health and environmental risks now faced by the flooded areas and beyond were ignored for a while, but seem to be coming out - notedly in a few AP and NPR stories. The CDC has an entire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearing up some jargon</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/clearing-up-some-jargon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/clearing-up-some-jargon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monsanto&#8217;s press releases on Roundup Ready 2 Yield uses the term &#8220;advanced gene mapping and insertion process&#8221;. This sounds impressive, but what does it mean? A colleague asks: &#8220;can advanced gene mapping and insertion tech improve yield of the plant or would other factors like selection and crop physiology really be what&#8217;s improving yields?&#8221;
From the press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsanto aims high, while others hit below the belt</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/monsanto-aims-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/monsanto-aims-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Monsanto has had a few press releases lately that show they are working hard to change both their image and their products. The biggest by far is their three-point commitment to growing yields sustainably.
Develop better seeds - Monsanto will double yield in its three core crops of corn, soybeans and cotton by 2030, compared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flooded out</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/flooded-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/flooded-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[my research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geneticmaize.com/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. I won&#8217;t be able to plant any maize this year. My field seemed to be be ok at first, but now the flooding has spread. We can&#8217;t even get to the field because the road is flooded as well. I can&#8217;t tell you how happy I am that we waited to plant - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about Tripsicum?</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/tripsicum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/tripsicum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my research projects is to look at maize storage proteins (aka zeins) in a variety of modern corn varieties, landraces (older varieties), and teosinte (a maize progenitor in the same genus). See my post Teosintes are a puzzlebox of genes for more info.
Now, I&#8217;m adding another angle - Tripsicum ! I was talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weather takes a toll&#8230; everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/weather-takes-a-toll-everywhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/weather-takes-a-toll-everywhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Farmers have always been subject to ever changing weather, but this year seems especially bad. I wrote last week about the problems local farmers (and researchers) have been facing. The NY Times has an article showing that the weather hasn&#8217;t been much friendlier elsewhere. Farms in places as diverse as Australia and the Philippines aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Reality of Food and Fuel</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/new-reality-of-food-and-fuel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/new-reality-of-food-and-fuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Reich, Prof of Public Policy at UC Berkley, gave a realistic view of fuel and food today on NPR&#8217;s Marketplace.
The cost of food and fuel are soaring, not just in the U.S. but all over the globe. The world&#8217;s poor are suffering the most &#8212; culminating in riots and starvation &#8212; but price hikes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colony Collapse Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/colony-collapse-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/colony-collapse-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pesticide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colony Collapse Disorder has been in and out of the media since 2006. With conspiracy theories and non-science abounding, it can be hard to separate truth from fiction.
Last semester, Dr. Diana Cox Foster of Penn State spoke at Iowa State about her work with CCD. She has been studying bees for 20 years and heads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One organic farmer&#8217;s view of GM</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/one-organic-farmers-view-of-gm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/one-organic-farmers-view-of-gm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Raoul Adamchak (at right) is a respected organic farmer and teacher who is stirring up new ideas with his wife, biotechnologist Pamela Ronald. They co-authored Tomorrow&#8217;s Table, a book about combining organic methods with biotechnology to produce healthy, cost-effective, sustainable food. Pamela has been outspoken about the book, but US News and Reports has the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oddities on a college campus</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/oddities-on-a-college-campus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/oddities-on-a-college-campus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll start this by saying that I haven&#8217;t seen a marijuana plant for over twenty years. So, I could be completely wrong on this one. Walking past the ISU Memorial Union this morning, I saw a patch of weeds. Being the curious plant nerd that I am, I looked a little closer, only to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When science really gets dangerous</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/when-science-really-gets-dangerous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/when-science-really-gets-dangerous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geneticmaize.com/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Man owes a great debt to the scientists on this list; all of them died or were injured in their pursuit of knowledge. The advances they have all made to science are extraordinary and many of them paved the way for some of man’s greatest discoveries and inventions.&#8221; says Jamie Frater, author of The List [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From char to fuel?</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/from-char-to-fuel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/from-char-to-fuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geneticmaize.com/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the arguments against biofuels is that (like all agriculture, even organic) it is essentially soil mining. By removing plants that grow on the land, we also remove nutrients. This includes trace essential nutrients like iron and copper as well as the big ones like potassium. We can do our best to replace the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans in Science and Engineering</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/veterans-in-science-and-engineering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/veterans-in-science-and-engineering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geneticmaize.com/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, 8 veterans who are students in science and engineering were interviewed for Science Careers, a publication of AAAS. I was lucky to be included. Alan Kotok, managing editor of Science Careers, conducted my interview over the phone. The series is called Student Veterans Come Marching Home. He wrote two articles: Their Return to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weather takes a toll on midwest farms</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/weather-takes-toll-on-midwest-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/weather-takes-toll-on-midwest-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geneticmaize.com/?p=102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I usually shy away from pessimism, but if you think food prices are high now, wait until the harvest in 2008. Flooding caused by unrelenting rain has been hard on Iowa&#8217;s corn and soy fields - and the summer is just beginning.
After all this rain, late summer droughts are predicted (just when the grain and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solving the IP problem, one rupee at a time</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/solving-the-ip-problem-one-rupee-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/solving-the-ip-problem-one-rupee-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One valid argument against GMOs is that big corporations control the tech and can charge the farmers sky high prices for the seed. For a long time, I&#8217;ve been saying that I don&#8217;t like the system, but if countries want to protect their farmers then they should pass some legislation. Well, it&#8217;s happened!
The Maharashtra government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene flow, IP, and the terminator</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/gene-flow-ip-terminator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/06/gene-flow-ip-terminator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IP]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Terminator seed&#8221; has been back in the news and blogs, due to some rumors that the Convention on Biological Diversity would consider rescinding the ban on the technology. Before I get knee deep into the politics, I&#8217;d like to make some quick comments on gene flow.
First, pollen of many types of plants are capable of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biofuels - more than you ever imagined</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/05/biofuels-imagin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/05/biofuels-imagin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 17:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been sitting on my notes from several talks (BIGMAP especially), due to time constraints, but the one yesterday and today is extremely relevant:  Breeding Lignocellulosic Crops for the Bioeconomy, the 2008 Plant Breeding Lecture Series, is presented by the Iowa State University Ramond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding and the Plant Sciences Institute. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integration - Frame of mind (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/05/integration-frame-of-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/05/integration-frame-of-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 05:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new comment on my post Exposed, Indeed that perfectly encompasses the ideas I&#8217;m attempting to explain in my Integration series:
Oops, you&#8217;re forgetting something&#8230; The public has already seen movies like &#8220;The World According to Monsanto&#8221; and Jeffrey Smith is all over youtube and google video too talking about his &#8220;Seeds of Deception&#8221; book.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integration - Education (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/05/integration-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/05/integration-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 19:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geneticmaize.com/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the benefits and drawbacks of both organic and conventional farming methods could be a boon for both types of farmers and researchers. As I see it, current college education in either one includes little about the other. How can a conventional farmer or researchers know how to make their farm more sustainable if they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than words?</title>
		<link>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/05/more-than-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.geneticmaize.com/2008/05/more-than-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anastasia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Joe Biden of Delaware has some compelling things to say about food shortages, as posted on the Miami Herald site. He calls for increased funding for research, as well as using economic and political policies to alleviate future crises. I just hope he has the courage and skill to implement these ideas.
The entire piece [...]]]></description>
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