The results of a research conducted by Prof . Sérgio Brommonschenkel. in collaboration with The Sainsbury Laboratory (Norwich, UK) and DuPont Pioneer (Johnston, IA), was published at the Nature Biotechnology. The work focused on Asian soybean rust (ASR) a disease that causes yield losses of up to 80% and threatens production in South America where more than half of the world’s crop is grown. The researchers isolated a gene, CcRpp1, from pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), transferred it into soybean, and demonstrated high-level resistance to ASR in commercial soybean for the first time. Further development of this transgenic strategy is aimed at protecting the durability to provide stable yields for growers while simultaneously reducing the need for chemical treatments.
More information:
http://www.tech.com.pk/2016/04/three-new-gm-crops-will-change-farm.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/tbf-sad042216.php
http://gizmodo.com/youll-be-seeing-a-lot-of-these-three-genetically-modifi-1772866290