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18 hours ago · Jun 25, 2024. AgBioResearch. A new genetically engineered potato developed by Michigan State University potato breeder Dave Douches has been granted exemption from the biotechnology regulations placed on genetically modified products by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS).
Jun 5, 2024 · The genetically engineered potato can be stored in cool temperatures for far longer than standard varieties without sucrose – the compound that stores the sugars in potatoes – converting into reducing sugars such as fructose and glucose.
Jun 3, 2024 · First, genomics can be utilized as an important element in breeding programs as a powerful tool for identifying and characterizing plants of commercial interest. Second, genomics can be utilized as a tool to monitor the impact of plants or microorganisms on the environment, and to adjust the growth conditions they require.
1 day ago · The more that people know about gene editing, the more likely they are to feel it is safe to use in agriculture and medicine, according to a survey of more than 4,500 people across the United States.
Jun 16, 2024 · Genetic engineering is scale neutral and can be used in small subsistence farming as well as by large farms. Has genetic engineering led to monoculture? Monoculture, the planting of many acres of a single variety of a crop, exists with or without genetic engineering.
May 28, 2024 · Gene-edited potatoes will then be bred commercially before ending up on the supermarket shelves, the experts hope.
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5 days ago · The present study highlights the importance of obtaining new potato varieties resistant to P. infestans, from the discovery of genetic resources that can provide resistance genes to the use of modern genetic and molecular methods to introduce these genes into the crop plants’ genome or editing the genome to combat this pathogen.
