Ag Gene Editing
Will England emerge as a world innovator in gene-edited crops?
Brexit has been a disaster for the UK. It has not spurred the great economic revival that many of the ...
USDA further liberalizes rules to allow easy approval of more gene-edited crops
Biotech plant developers are pleased with a proposal from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to create five new ...
Viewpoint: Nigeria may be running out of farmable land. Is there a biotech-based solution?
It is probable that Nigeria would experience a scarcity of cultivable land and a notable reduction in the nitrogen levels ...
Should we be concerned that gene-editing seeds will cascade into unpredictable changes?
For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we've bred ...
Gene-editing primer: What’s the difference between CRISPR crops and GMOs?
GMOs and gene-edited crops are products of genetic engineering, but one is a GMO and the other is not. Why ...
How CRISPR trees could help us create optimized paper of the future
Wood consists of about 25 percent lignin, but the paper and fiber industries remove it because it lowers the quality ...
Viewpoint: ‘Fear of captive agricultural markets beholden to global corporations is a non-issue if African nations develop their own GM crops’
As certain African nations have legalised genetically modified organisms (GMOs), primarily for food and crops, others like Rwanda have introduced ...
CRISPR-created strawberries that stay firmer and fresher longer could revolutionize fruit industry
The cultivated strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa, Duch.) is one of the Rosaceae family renowned for its flavor and health benefits, ...
Boosting taste, shelf life and climate resilience: Why creating a genetic map is the first step in creating the perfect apple
Leveraging unique genome mapping research from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Agriculture, startup Foodimprover is set to transform the global fruit sector’s ...
Eliminating bird flu: How gene-edited chickens could mitigate threats
In a recent gene editing study, my colleagues and I showcased the potential of gene editing to protect chickens from the threat ...
From potential to progress: Latest developments in Golden Rice deployment in the Philippines
In the Philippines, about two million children under five are at risk of vision issues and weak immune systems. These ...
Africa needs collaboration, not harmonization to benefit from biotechnology transformation
Africa does not need to harmonize its biosafety laws before enjoying the benefits of the ongoing agricultural revolution powered by ...
Why gene-edited non-browning ‘Arctic apples’ are potential game changer for reducing food waste and extending supply chains
Three varieties of non-browning Arctic apples developed by a Summerland-based company are now rolling off the production line at a ...
Argentina on cusp of releasing first genetically modified non-browning potato in Latin America
Scientists from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology - INTA of Argentina, the public entity in charge of carrying out ...
Ever seen an orange petunia? CRISPR gene-editing can make that happen naturally
White petunias exist in nature, but not bright orange and yellow ones. In 2015, one of my PhD advisers, Teemu ...
If seedless watermelons don’t have seeds, how do we grow more of them?
Although seedless watermelons have existed since 1940, and have been widely available at grocery chains since the 1980s, they continue ...
Here’s how we can overhaul our food and farming systems to grow enough food to meet population and climate change challenges
As consumers, our relationship with food – how we grow, produce and eat it, must change in response to increased ...
Viewpoint: Why does the French public fully embrace gene editing to cure diseases, but remain wary of use in agriculture, where it could help fight hunger?
French opinion has an ambivalent relationship with scientific progress. Welcomed with enthusiasm in the field of human biology, it is, ...
Joint Kenya-Uganda-Nigeria GMO research project develops blight-resistant, higher yield potato
Timothy Kipsang, a farmer from Kipkabus in Uasin Gishu County, has been growing potatoes on his farm for more than ...
Developing a biological balancing act: How can we target disease-causing insects while sparing beneficial ones?
Insecticides are our traditional way of defending ourselves against insects. But this approach presents several problems. For one, there is ...
Viewpoint: UK’s Royal Society advances agro-biotechnology regulatory reforms to stir innovation and reduce influence of large seed companies
The UK needs an evidence-led and proportionate regulatory approach for genetically modified (GM) crops to realise the technology’s benefits for ...
Analysis: Europe’s proposed new gene editing regulations are more convoluted and burdensome than plant scientists had hoped for
In 2018, after a ruling of the European Court of Justice put the latest breeding methods under the burdensome EU ...
The first GMO was developed 50 years ago this November. Here are 8 key milestones in agriculture and medicine since
Half a century ago, the first genetically modified organism ushered in a new era of biological innovation. To mark this ...
Disease-resistant chickens? Gene-editing technology has potential to eradicate avian flu
A historic pandemic continues to rage, and it isn’t getting the attention it deserves given the virus’s toll. The outbreak ...
Background mutations: Why CRISPR-edited genes have to work together with thousands of naturally-evolved genes
For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we’ve bred ...
Will India follow the United States in embracing genetically-modified commodity crops?
As the world’s second-largest producer of rice, wheat, vegetables and fruit, India is a country that no multinational corporation involved ...
Disease-resistant gene-edited pigs could help revolutionize animal farming. Will consumers accept them?
When Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), as it became known, was discovered in the early 1990s, it was named, ...
