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Whole genome sequencing on the farm: Mobile technology aids fight against disease, pests in Africa

In a world first, international scientists .... have used whole genome sequencing to help diagnose a plant pathogen destroying crops ...
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Boosting crop yields by using genetic engineering to help plants discard natural toxins

Paul South | 
Can you imagine the entire population of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom and France going hungry? ...
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Talking Biotech: Mango is a vital food crop worldwide. But where did it come from?

Emily Warschefsky, Kevin Folta | 
Mango is popular worldwide, but especially important in India and southeast Asia. On this episode, Emily Warschefsky and Kevin Folta ...
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New ‘scuba rice’ could protect 49 million acres of rice fields from flooding

Jason Daley | 
According to some estimates, half the world depends on rice as its staple food. But as the climate changes, rice cultivation ...
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Edible cotton? USDA approves biotech seeds that can be spread like peanut butter

Americans may soon be eating cotton for the first time — not just wearing it — as a new edible ...
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After successful demonization campaign against herbicide glyphosate, anti-GMO activists and environmental groups take aim at atrazine

Andrew Porterfield | 
In July, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued an extensive report that reviewed decades of science and declared that a ...
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Breeding disease-resistant sugarcane now a possibility with unlocking of sugarcane genome

For centuries, sugarcane has supplied human societies with alcohol, biofuel, building and weaving materials, and the world's most relied-upon source ...
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Sustainability failure: Anti-GMO France’s 10-year effort to slash pesticide use boosted spraying by 12%

Erik Stokstad | 
In 2008, the French government announced a dramatic shift in agricultural policy, calling for pesticide use to be slashed in ...
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‘Low-emission’ cows that produce less methane gas take center stage amid growing climate change fears

Jonathan Watts | 
From low-emission cows to robotic soil management, the farming industry will have to explore new approaches in the wake of ...
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Viewpoint: If organic farmers want to promote sustainable farming they should reconsider hostility toward CRISPR-gene editing

Rebecca Mackelprang | 
A University of California, Berkeley professor stands at the front of the room, delivering her invited talk about the potential ...
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New USDA research shows honey bee numbers stable—and probably growing

In 2006, large and mysterious losses of honey bee colonies led entomologists to classify a set of diagnostic symptoms as ...
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Viewpoint: If Nigeria wants sustainable agriculture, leaders must embrace biotech crops

Alhassan Gombe | 
World over and in various countries around the world there are laws to checkmate whatever one may think of. There ...
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Drought resistance gene could help corn, soy crops survive Argentina’s scorching temperatures

Joel Richards | 
The fertile grasslands of Argentina produce food for hundreds of millions around the world, and they have the potential to ...
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Billionaires and Bacteria are Racing to Save Us From Death by Fertilizer

Nathanael Johnson | 
It was January 15, 1881, and the U.S. envoy to Peru had to duck for cover .... Chile had invaded Peru ...
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‘Gold standard’ assessing neonicotinoids: Field bee hive studies find pesticides not major source of health issues

Jon Entine | 
Some lab studies but almost no field ones suggest neonicotinoid pesticides are harming bee health. Why is there such a ...
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Viewpoint: Link between bee death and glyphosate still a ‘far-fetched’ story

Iida Ruishalme | 
Glyphosate is a herbicide, in other words, it is toxic to plants. Its target enzyme is not found in insects ...
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Why organic apple farmers spray their trees with insecticides 32 times on average during each growing season

Michelle Miller | 
A lot of people buy organic foods because they believe organic means free from chemicals and pesticides. But the truth ...
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Viewpoint: Political ‘horse-trading’ at U.N. threatens sensible GMO, gene editing crop regulation

Henry Miller | 
[T]he U.N.’s agencies, programs, commissions and international agreements have a dismal record of accomplishment, especially while acting as the world’s regulator-wannabe for ...
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Why Ugandan banana breeders say it’s critical to add genetic engineering to their toolbox

Lominda Afedraru | 
Ugandan researchers have been successful at developing robust hybrid bananas through conventional breeding techniques. Yet they see a strong need ...
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Organic trade group suit challenging Trump’s withdrawal of animal guidelines will go forward

Carol Dumas | 
A ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will allow a lawsuit by the Organic Trade ...
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Video: Meet the gene-edited cows that could revolutionize beef production

Jason Bellini | 
On July 14, 2018 Genzelle, an Angus calf genetically engineered to withstand Brazil's high summer temperatures, was born. Cows like ...
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Beyond pesticides: Engineered crops that fertilize themselves from air

Alan Bennett, Kevin Folta | 
Plants are surrounded by nitrogen, but it's unusable as found in the atmosphere. Scientists may be able to change that ...
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Nigeria green lights field trials of disease-resistant GMO staple crops

Cornelius Essen | 
The Federal Government has granted permits for confined field trials on genetically modified maize, rice, cassava, sorghum and cowpea to ...
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Mushrooms protect honey bee from disease-carrying Varroa mite, study shows

Gemma Tarlach | 
It’s not easy being a bee these days. Apis mellifera, the Western honey bee, is crucial to agriculture worldwide but faces ...
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Roundup ban? Glyphosate-free farming would mean higher food prices

Jacqueline Rowarth | 
Food production without the use of glyphosate (commonly sold as Roundup) to control weeds, will mean increased food prices. ...
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70 percent of consumers confused about GMOs, but may still embrace crop biotech

To better gauge and understand consumer perceptions of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) .....  a new public survey commissioned by GMO ...
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Viewpoint: Anti-GMO groups offer no solutions to Africa’s food security problems

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya | 
A joke that is going around refers to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as “nothing going on.” My experience over a 15-year ...
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