Bangladeshi Bt Brinjal trial fails

GM eggplant helps farmers reduce pesticide use and increase profits, study finds

Joan Conrow | 
Bangladeshi farmers significantly reduced pesticide use and increased their profits by growing genetically modified (GM) eggplant, a new study confirms ...
Screen Shot at PM

Viewpoint: India shouldn’t let activists derail field trials of insect-resistant GMO eggplant

In a welcome sign that the decade-long benign indifference to technology infusion in the farm sector is set to change ...
brinjal

Infographic: Philippines could boost crop yields 192%, cut pesticide use 48% with GMO insect-resistant eggplant

Clement Dionglay | 
In the Philippines, eggplant farming is a major source of income for thousands of farmers in the eggplant-producing regions in ...
Three Types of Eggplant

GMO eggplant contains 30 times more beta-carotene to help battle vitamin A deficiency

.... Osaka Prefecture University announced that it has succeeded in developing eggplants that contain about 30 times more beta-carotene, which ...
GMOs e

How consumer-friendly GMO foods could change minds about biotech crops and animals

Marc Brazeau | 
Editor's note: This article is part two of a three-part series by Marc Brazeau on his 2018 predictions on food, ...
sp

Nanotechnology might help farmers fight climate change, pests and disease–and boost yields

Jan Ellen Spiegel | 
Researchers are exploring the impact of using nanoscale nutrients––including copper––on eggplants and other crops. While early results have shown substantial ...
CSIRO ScienceImage Diamond back moth Plutella xylostella

Talking Biotech: Using GMO insects instead of pesticides to fight diamondback moth, other crop-killing pests

Tony Shelton | 
Cornell entomologist Tony Shelton: Using GMO insects to control diamondback moths—a global pest that quickly evolves resistance to insecticides ...
d ceb z

Talking Biotech: University of Southampton’s Mark Chapman on eggplant’s evolution, benefits of GMO variety

Indra Vasil, Mark Chapman | 
University of Southampton's Mark Chapman on evolution of eggplant, benefits of GMO variety; reflections on Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug ...
glp menu logo outlined

Newsletter Subscription

* indicates required
Email Lists