Ag Gene Editing
Latin America: A biotech laboratory and world champion in GMOs and gene editing
Since the commercial release of GMOs began in the mid-1990s, Latin America has been a key region in the industry ...
Concord grape colored tomato with antioxidant-packed flesh? It contains a key secret: Snapdragon DNA
As home gardeners in the U.S. page through seed catalogs and pick out their favorite heirlooms, there's a new seed ...
Bioluminescent petunias: Light-up mushroom genes are secret ingredient in green glowing genetically modified plants — and they are now on sale
Consumers in the United States can now pre-order a genetically engineered plant for their home or garden that glows continuously. At a ...
England’s gene-editing rules could be far more restrictive than scientists hope
In proposals set out in a recent public consultation document, the Food Standards Agency has confirmed its plans for implementing ...
USAID’s funding freeze on blight-resistant GM potato research in Ethiopia could have grave consequences
Researchers are left in limbo as they await funding for a genetically modified potato project that lost its financing as ...
Crop gene editing greenlighted by European Parliament. Fight over labeling looms as measure moves to the EU Council
For a more sustainable and resilient food system, MEPs support a simpler process for NGT plants equivalent to conventional plants, ...
Analysis: Climate activists issue scare-warnings of impending starvation, but they ignore technology’s future role in scaling productivity
In 1968, the American scientists Paul and Anne Ehrlich published The Population Bomb. In it, The Ehrlichs foresaw widespread death and ...
Grow in the dark vertical farming? Here’s how gene-editing could allow crops to grow without light
Startup Square Roots announces a new program to prove that light can removed from a commercial vertical farming system and ...
Viewpoint: Crop biotechnology opponents are losing their war against genetic engineering but the battle for science is not yet won
It was not so long ago that the strident opponents of agricultural biotechnology were dictating the narrative over sustainable crops ...
Beverages, meats, fruits and vegetables: CRISPR poised to offer more sustainable alternatives
Although vegetarian and vegan diets have risen in popularity over the years, humankind’s appetite for meat is still insatiable. By ...
Viewpoint: Why do some people readily believe climate scientists but reject the view of crop geneticists? Austrian survey provides some clues
Fortunately, vaccine and climate skeptics prefer to hang out on social media, but not – at least at the moment ...
In face of diminishing freshwater resources, new gene-edited tomato variety can withstand droughts without compromising yields
A new discovery by Tel Aviv University has succeeded in cultivating and characterizing tomato varieties with higher water use efficiency ...
Gene-edited fungus-resistant rice variety slated for field trials, first genetically-engineered crop trial in Italy nearly 20 years
For the first time in almost 20 years, a new entry appeared in the public database that lists proposals to test ...
African countries turn toward home-engineered gene edited crops to ensure regional acceptance
Molecular biologist Steven Runo once thought that his team would make history as the first to plant gene-edited seeds in African soil ...
Disease is poised to wipe out much of Africa’s rice crop. Still-unapproved gene edited varietals may be the only hope
A new study has found that CRISPR technology can be used to edit genes in some strains of rice, developing ...
Tomatoes ready for harvest in 40 days? Gene edited prototypes could transform one of the world’s most popular fruits
Scientists have just genetically modified cherry tomatoes to make them easier to grow, and the future applications could include making them more ...
After EU Environment Committee vote approving relaxed crop gene editing rules, full European Parliament vote looms in 10 days
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) approved on January 24 new rules for new genomic techniques (NGTs). The plenary will ...
Swiss consumers are more resistant to gene-edited crops than Americans. What could change the status quo?
This study investigated what consumers from the United States of America (i.e., a country where gene technology is legal and ...
Next breakthrough CRISPR crop? Turning wild rice species into a domesticated crop
[Jiayang] Li, a plant geneticist at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology in Beijing, is working on a wild ...
Here’s how CRISPR is evolving into a tool to protect small African farmers
A research team has used genome editing to produce a rice variety resistant to yellow mottle virus, which is responsible for high ...
Ugly, browning bananas could become a fruit of the past as gene-editing tweak reduces spoilage
Bananas turning brown is a natural process that occurs over time as the fruit overripens and produces too much ethylene ...
Viewpoint: Will ‘irrational fears of mutations and a naive understanding of nature’ derail Europe’s effort to reform 20+ years of misguided crop biotech regulations?
The European Commission has now published a proposal on how, in the future, to regulate crops produced by new breeding ...
Effort to rescue the almost-extinct American chestnut tree hits a snag, as rift develops between major sponsoring organizations over gene-editing techniques
The American Chestnut Foundation, a nonprofit where [Jared] Westbrook is director of science, has poured years of work into a ...
Viewpoint: Despite crop gene-editing deregulation in Canada, lack of federal support sharply limits innovations
In 2022, Health Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced that crop varieties developed with gene editing technology will not be subject ...
Cherry tomatoes of the future are here today thanks to gene editing. They grow faster, in clusters, and even indoors
Scientists have just genetically modified cherry tomatoes to make them easier to grow, and the future applications could include making them more ...
Here’s the skinny on fast-emerging genetic engineering tools that are rapidly improving global farming
Genetic engineering and gene-editing tools are by no means a panacea for the time-sensitive agricultural and food-related challenges we face ...
$115 billion: From GMOs to gene editing, agricultural biotechnology market poised to expand dramatically by 2028
'Agricultural Biotechnology: Emerging Technologies and Global Markets' explores the dynamic intersection of cutting-edge biotechnological innovations and the global agricultural landscape ...
