Mad Soy Disease Strikes Brazil

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>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:14:26 +0100 (BST)

>Subject: Mad Soy Disease Strikes Brazil

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>ISIS Report 27/10/10

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>Mad Soy Disease Strikes Brazil

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>Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

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>No cure for mad soy disease

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>They call it “mad soy disease” in Brazil, where it has been spreading from the

>north, causing yield losses of up to 40 percent, most notably in the states of

>Mato Grosso, Tocantins and Goias.

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>Like its namesake, mad cow disease, it is incurable [1, 2, 3].

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>This is the latest GMO fiasco to surface since our report on the meltdown in

the

>USA [4] (GM Crops Facing Meltdown in the USA, SiS 46), China [5] (GM-Spin

>Meltdown in China, SiS 47), and Argentina [6] (Argentina's Roundup Human

>Tragedy, SiS 48).

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>Mad soy disease has afflicted soybeans sporadically in the hot northern regions

>of Brazil in the past years, but is now spreading to more temperate regions in

>the south “with increased prevalence overall”, according to a US Department of

>Agriculture scientist.

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>The disease delays the maturation of infected plants indefinitely; the plants

>remain green until they eventually rot in the field. The top leaves thin out,

>and the stems thicken and become deformed. The leaves also darken compared to

>healthy plants; the pods, when formed, are abnormal with fewer beans.

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>Researchers have yet to find a cure for the disease, as they are still not sure

>what causes it. The prime suspect for spreading disease is the black mite found

>in stubble when soybean is grown in no-till production systems.

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>According to the USDA Global Agricultural Information Network, Brazil has 24

>million ha planted to soybean, 78 percent of which are GM [3]. Apart from mad

>soy disease, Brazil’s soybean is simultaneously afflicted by soybean Asian rust

>that first appeared in 2001-2002. Producer groups are requesting the Brazilian

>Government Agency to speed up approval of more effective fungicide to combat

the

>disease, which would have significant cost implications. But for mad soy

>disease, no cure is forthcoming. Mato Grosso, which alone produces nearly 30

>percent of Brazil’s soybean crop, is among the states that have brought the

>issue of mad soy disease “to the forefront”.

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>US scientists identified more than 40 diseases associated with glyphosate and

>glyphosate-tolerant crops

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>Disease of GM soybean is no longer a surprise. Senior scientists in the United

>States, who have studied glyphosate and glyphosate-tolerant GM crops for

>decades, identified more than 40 diseases linked to glyphosate, and the list is

>growing [7] (Scientists Reveal Glyphosate Poisons Crops and Soil, SiS 47).

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>Glyphosate tolerant crops play a pivotal role in causing and spreading

diseases,

>not only to the crops themselves, but also to other crops grown nearby or

>planted subsequently [8] (Glyphosate Tolerant Crops Bring Diseases and Death,

>SiS 47).

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