Ag Gene Editing
Viewpoint: Gene editing poised to revolutionize agriculture—if we can fix biotech regulations
In his speech at the recent American Farm Bureau convention, President Trump said his administration was "streamlining regulations that have blocked cutting-edge ...
How foods created with CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) can earn consumer trust
An Interview with Alison Van Eenennaam, Animal Biotechnology & Genomics Extension Specialist at the University of California-Davis: From your perspective, ...
Uganda’s researchers ready to taste test their GMO vitamin A-enriched banana
The East African cooking banana is one of the major food crops eaten by the people living in central Uganda ...
How injecting genes into pea plants could introduce disease resistance and improve nutrition
Scientists are injecting genes into pea plants to speed up introducing better disease resistance and improving the nutrition of this ...
Gene-edited pigs could eliminate need for castration
Castrating pigs is not a favorite chore for pork producers, but it’s necessary for meat quality and barn management. Now, ...
California almond industry may face challenges as ‘backup bee’ project developed as alternative to honeybee crop pollination cancelled
The almond industry contributes an estimated $21 billion annually to California’s economy and it is completely dependent on honeybees for ...
Current biotech regulations create animal and crop approval blocks and bottlenecks but gene editing may open new doors
The cost of current biotech industry regulations might not be obvious to consumers, but it’s clear to researchers. “We’ve got ...
How Russia tried to turn America against GMOs and agricultural biotechnology and sow ideological discord
How serious was secret Russian interventionism when it comes to creating public discord over US farming and agricultural trade policy? ...
Genetic mutation can triple sorghum grain yields—and could boost rice, corn and wheat too
A simple genetic modification can triple the grain number of sorghum, a drought-tolerant plant that is an important source of ...
Targeted evolution: Why are we so afraid of CRISPR gene editing?
Here’s the paradox: modern gene technology is far less genetically invasive – and much better understood – than the time-worn ...
Viewpoint: Regulatory overreach looms as obstacle for New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) in agriculture
The fast-moving world of plant breeding — fueled by advances in CRISPR and other techniques — has tossed a wrench ...
Viewpoint: Humans have been ‘genetically modifying’ food for thousands of years
Genes are bits of DNA which determine all sorts of traits and characteristics in any organism, from size to what ...
GMO coffee is on the horizon—but will we drink it?
Remember the Gros Michel banana? If you're under the age of seventy, you probably don't. That's because in the 1950s ...
Video: NASA-inspired ‘speed breeding’ tricks crops into growing faster
Australian scientists, inspired by NASA space experiments, have pioneered a new method of growing crops - known as 'speed breeding' ...
15 surprising GMO and gene-edited crop advances underway in South and Central America
Latin America is a vital region in the global production of genetically modified (GM) crops, with Brazil and Argentina ranked ...
What 3D printing can teach us about how to regulate CRISPR gene editing
Australia’s gene technology regulations have not been revised since 2001- despite many game-changing advances in genetic technologies over the past 17 ...
Wild relatives could help staple crops like chickpeas adapt to climate change
They are nutritious, versatile and a dietary staple for millions of people from South Asia to Ethiopia, but scientists have ...
How DARPA wants to create spies from genetically modified sea life
The US military wants to enlist fish and other sea life to help it track enemy submarines at sea. The ...
Engineering more digestible grass could reduce livestock pastures and give us cheaper biofuels
The problem with grass is that it has tough cellular walls that make it difficult to digest. But researchers say ...
Could genetic engineering save coffee from a deadly fungus?
Genetic diversity or lack thereof can have real consequences for our diets, and more importantly, for our health. ... The ...
Will Australia free CRISPR gene-edited crops from government regulation?
Gene editing technology – CRISPR is the best-known example – would be freed from government regulation under a proposal by ...
New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) needed to improve protein crops, says European farmers group
There is a need to maintain the EU’s main source of protein feed that are the co-product of biofuels, the ...
Non-GMO herbicide-tolerant canola to be grown in Canada this year
Supporting modern agriculture while also selling into the market for non-genetically modified food seems like a contradiction. But an American ...
Artist illustrates how humans ‘genetically modified’ food since the dawn of agriculture
Although genetically modified foods appeared recently, human beings have been altering unintentional plant genomes for millennia. Agriculture appeared around 10,000 ...
Africa could become a world agricultural leader in CRISPR and other new breeding techniques (NBTs)
It is 8:30 East African Standard Time. I disembark from a van filled with science journalists from Kampala, Uganda and ...
CRISPR revolution could level the playing field for crop biotech companies
For agriculture, [CRISPR] technology is a new way to instill crops and livestock with desirable traits — or to remove ...
Australia, New Zealand weigh whether foods created with New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) to be regulated as GMOs
New Zealand's food standards watchdog is reviewing how rules might apply to a new generation of products that can be ...
