Kevin Folta

A research team developed an ingenious solution to a logistical public health problem—adding anti-HIV proteins to rice ...

The Scientific American article about "dying broccoli" and "toxic corn" drew wide criticism for its unreferenced and outright false indictment ...

Australia has welcomed the use of genetically engineered (GE) crops, and farmers have found particular benefit from broad acre canola ...

Genetically engineered microbes commonly manufacture our vitamins and amino acid supplements, but can they be supplements themselves? Zbiotics has developed ...

Agronomist and entrepreneur Robert Saik has a lifetime of experience in farming. For years, he has been a leading advocate ...

Dr. Brenda Eustace, director of discovery research at Vertex, joins plant geneticist Kevin Folta to discuss this promising treatment ...

Products move from producer to consumer through complicated networks called supply chains. These routes of custody involve many people and ...

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is to blame for one of the worst public health crises the world has ever ...

Subsistence farmers in Bangladesh make a living by growing, harvesting and selling brinjal, or the fruit westerners know as eggplant ...

A drive toward The Everglades down US 98 between Yeehaw Junction and Belle Glade, FL takes you around the east ...

Economic growth fueled by market reforms has cut poverty in the developing world drastically over the last 30 years. But ...

Microbes surround us and enhance our lives in almost innumerable ways. These helpful micro-machines catalyze key reactions required to produce ...

Christine Burkard, assistant professor of infection and immunity at the Roslin Institute in Scotland, says her team has devised a ...

While Indian farmers have benefited tremendously from growing insect-resistant GMO cotton, the government has outlawed the cultivation of genetically engineered ...

Does the network get it right? Not even close, says Folta ...

Although dinosaurs are probably never coming back, the scenes from Jurassic Park are an extrapolation of actual research being performed ...

While technology is exploding in all areas of life, it has been slow to reach agriculture. Many old, unsustainable farming ...

Africa has the most to gain from embracing crop biotechnology, yet the continent's farmers are still largely denied access to ...

Plants have shown a wide range of reactions after being edited with random bits of genetic material. Some grow faster ...

Blackberries are a popular, healthy fruit consumed by people all over the world. Over the last century, significant progress has ...

Huanglongbing, or HLB, is the Chinese term for the Yellow Dragon Disease–usually referred to as citrus greening.  The disease first ...

University of Florida researcher Linda Bartoshuk has been recognized as an expert on interactions between smell, taste and psychology for ...

Recently, University of Florida plant scientist Kevin Folta was invited to present a series of lectures at a seed saving ...

Cowpea is a critical crop in Western Africa. It is consumed by millions of people daily and provides important nitrogen ...

One of the limiting factors in photosynthesis is the plant’s ability to take up carbon dioxide to assimilate into carbohydrates ...

On this episode of Talking Biotech, University of Florida researchers Kevin Folta and Brady Holmer tackle two pressing questions in ...

Soybeans produce abundant cooking oil,  popular with both consumers and the food service industry. However, soybean oil isn't always the ...

Dr. Kevin Folta discusses science communication (the communication of science-related topics to non-experts). Part of his work is helping people ...