plant breeding
Technology vs. global warming: How genomics, remote sensing and big data can safeguard our food supply
In a bid to help one of the world’s most important cereal crops survive hotter, drier conditions, the Foundation for ...
‘Hero of progress’: How agronomist Norman Borlaug almost banished famine from Asia
Norman Borlaug’s work undeniably changed the world for the better ...
GMOs unnatural? So are strawberries, Brussels sprouts and many other popular foods
By definition, a genetically modified organism is an organism produced through the production of heritable improvements in plants or animals ...
Epigenetic breeding could yield enhanced crops—and end run public’s fear of ‘GMOs’
Novel grafted plants — consisting of rootstock epigenetically modified to “believe” it has been under stress — joined to an ...
Plant-breeding tool leaps major hurdle to enhancing more crops with CRISPR gene editing
Researchers know how to make precise genetic changes within the genomes of crops, but the transformed cells often refuse to ...
Viewpoint: There’s no such thing as a ‘GMO,’ and the history of potatoes illustrates why the term is ‘nonsensical’
The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress ...
Disease-resistant banana genes could accelerate effort to save Cavendish from extinction
Significant progress has been made in accelerating the development of banana varieties with resistance to the Fusarium fungus. Fusarium causes ...
Viewpoint: 5 reasons you should be eating GMOs
Impossible Burger is a household name best recognized for its successful introduction of a plant-based burger that “bleeds” and has no ...
Cavendish banana faces extinction. Can scientists save this staple before it’s too late?
Pests and diseases are threatening Cavendish bananas with extinction. Dutch university Wageningen and plant research company KeyGene are jointly joining ...
Why grow GMOs? Because plants don’t naturally evolve into food fit for humans
Crop improvement has a history as old as human civilization. At its core is a strategy to pursue greater genetic ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR crop revolution provides counterpunch to ‘misinformation’ promoted by anti-GMO campaigners
Gene-edited crops usually can't be distinguished from conventionally-bred varieties. Opponents of NBTs may never comprehend this basic lesson of plant ...
Plants obtained from conventional breeding can’t be patented, European patent court rules
The highest judicial authority at the [European Patent Office] EPO issued their opinion .... in the controversial G3/19 (Pepper) case ...
Podcast: How oil from GMO plants could help prevent heart disease, preserve our oceans and cut fossil fuel use
Omega-3 fatty acids are critical to human health. Among their many benefits, these oils can help preserve eye and brain ...
Non-GMO, high-protein ‘smart peas’ slated for 2021 debut, with other ‘super trait’ crop varieties to follow
Equinom, an Israeli startup, raised $10 million in a Series B round of funding from BASF Venture Capital, Roquette, Trendlines ...
Future of farming: How next-generation robots breed heartier crops and optimize yields
In a research field off Highway 54 last autumn, corn stalks shimmered in rows 40-feet deep. Girish Chowdhary, an agricultural ...
Salt tolerant plants are on the horizon – and critical to address the looming crisis of a shortage of arable farm land
An important study brings us one step closer to cultivating crops in previously infertile soil ...
CRISPR gene editing knocks out viruses responsible for billions of dollars in crop losses
Viruses cause billions of dollars in losses for many food, feed, and fiber crops, including staples like wheat, rice, potatoes, ...
Plant biologist explains how disease-resistant crops could help prevent global famine
Each month, those working at the pioneering heart of Norwich Research Park [in the UK] tell us how their work ...
Improved seeds key to sustainable food security, African plant breeders say
Strategies now being rolled out to ensure food security on the African continent are unsustainable, according to the African Plant ...
Barley leaf rust resistance genes may help plant breeders battle deadly crop disease
An international team led by researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has identified genes that ...
India develops disease-resistant, drought-tolerant chickpeas in record time
Indian farmers may soon take hold of two new chickpea varieties with improved drought tolerance and disease resistance traits. The ...
New ‘Cosmic Crisp’ apple with year-long storage life poised to hit stores in December 2019
An apple a day... a year in the fridge, they may stay. A new type of apple was launched [December ...
Simple test could speed development of drought-tolerant wheat as climate change accelerates
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU), ARC Center of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, and CSIRO Agriculture and Food ...
Viewpoint: ‘Ancient grains’ can transform your health? Probably not—and they’re more recent than you think
KHORASAN, teff, emmer and amaranth. No, these aren’t planets in the next Star Wars movie, but some of the growing ...
Sorghum gene could help cut massive crop damage caused by birds without harming them
A single gene in sorghum controls bird feeding behavior by simultaneously regulating the production of bad-tasting molecules and attractive volatiles, ...
Viewpoint: Activist myth-making, anti-science lobbying undermine Uganda’s path to food security
The president's trepidation about crop biotech is science-free and largely due to the influence of Western environmental groups ...
Genes from wild wheat could boost domesticated crop yields as global food demand explodes
Wild relatives of food crops, such as wheat, host an abundant array of genetic material to help the plants cope ...
