Ag Gene Editing
Video: How CRISPR can help us feed the world
Bread and chocolate are staples of the American diet. And a scientific team in California is working hard to make ...
Should we use gene editing to save obscure tree ‘with no commercial value’?
The growing forest health crisis is forcing scientists, conservationists, and the public to answer some of conservation biology’s thorniest questions ...
Gene-edited crops vs GMOs: What’s the difference—and why does it matter?
Gene editing has an advantage over genetic modification for several reasons. It’s more precise than GMO processes, and technology keeps ...
Viewpoint: Why the USDA decided not to over-regulate CRISPR crops—and what it means for agriculture’s future
On 28 March, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that “USDA does not regulate or have any plans to regulate plants that could ...
Will the rest of the world follow the US in not regulating gene-edited crops?
The [USDA] says it has no plans to regulate advanced breeding techniques that achieve the same results as traditional techniques, only ...
Growing wheat in Africa? Variety developed with advanced breeding techniques can withstand 104 degrees
In the northern Senegalese village of Ndiayene Pendao, close to the border with Mauritania, Fatouma Sow is pulling weeds. Her team ...
Viewpoint: GMO crops are ‘natural step’ in long history of plant breeding innovations
Humanity has been benefiting from plant science innovations since the Egyptians first bred edible corn more than 2000 years ago ...
‘Natural’ label lawsuits: What you need to know
In the United States, when a food label uses the word “natural,” food companies are frequently the target in litigation ...
Animal scientist: Genetic engineering can improve livestock health, growth and well-being
One method [Jon Oatley, director of the Center for Reproductive Biology at Washington State University] and his team of researchers ...
CRISPR food in grocery stores in 5 years? Gene editing research picks up speed
CRISPR, which works by finding and then replacing, editing or deleting a genetic sequence inside an organism, is currently being ...
Honeycrisp-enterprise cross: Cosmic crisp is biggest-ever launch of apple variety
Nearly 30 years ago, Dr Bruce Barritt was jeered when he branded the apple industry in Washington state a dinosaur ...
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO opposition to CRISPR gene editing driven by skepticism of corporations, capitalism
The Des Moines Register recently reported on research ... which unveiled Russian funding for and promotion of articles that question the ...
GMO maize could halt devastating fall army worm invasion in Uganda—if it gets approved
Mary Yangi trekked a long journey from South Sudan to Uganda’s West Nile region to settle as a refugee and, ...
Viewpoint: How politics pollutes the FDA’s genetically modified animal regulations and stifles innovation
AquaBounty's fast-growing salmon and Oxitec's disease-fighting mosquitos are two examples of why genetically modified animals should be regulated by the ...
Talking Biotech: The genetic factors that makes sweet corn sweet
Geneticist Curt Hannah: Sweet corn was specifically discovered and selected because of its sweetness. But how does a kernel of ...
USDA has ‘no plans’ to regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops, says agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ... issued a statement making it clear that USDA does not regulate, or have any plans ...
The human cost of the anti-GMO movement: Why one scientist is quitting GE crop research
Constantly confronting people who think my research will harm them is profoundly distressing ...
Video: How ‘gene banks’ preserve crop genetic diversity and help farmers around the world
Global agriculture faces unprecedented challenges. Critical to overcoming these challenges is conserving the diversity of the plants and animals we ...
5 biotechnologies that might help save endangered species
Here are five expanding and emergent fields of biotech that could help safeguard nature: 1. Biobanking. Biobanks store biological samples ...
Indian scientists develop hybrid corn variety high in vitamin A
Researchers at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have developed a maize variety which is rich in both Vitamin A ...
From GMOs to CRISPR: Making sense of how genetic engineering tweaks nature
Many new genetic engineering techniques have been stumbled upon by accident. Studying how bacteria defend themselves has led to CRISPR ...
CRISPR gene editing and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) face opposition from organic industry
Can organic and non-GMO agriculture offer innovative, tech-based solutions for our food system – or does hope lie in new ...
Regulate GMO and gene-edited livestock based on product not process, experts say
A bevy of remedies may be needed to ensure American farm productivity keeps growing at the clip it has for more ...
Breeding healthier cows: Using advanced genetics to tweak health traits
The dairy industry is poised to make foundational leaps in the ability to breed healthier cows when new genomic evaluations ...
Viewpoint: How Germany’s anti-GMO, pro-organic politics benefit US ag companies
Editor's note: The following is a satirical letter written by Reinhard Szibor, professor emeritus of human genetics and forensic medicine at the ...
Viewpoint: Green Revolution II will require GMOs and a paradigm shift toward lower-input farming
From the 1960s through the 1990s, yields of rice and wheat in Asia doubled. Even as the continent’s population increased ...
How ‘open source’ seed producers from the US to India are changing global food production
Around the world, plant breeders are resisting what they see as corporate control of the food supply by making seeds ...
