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May 4, 2024 · The CIP genebank has potato cultivars, landraces, and wild Solanum germplasm collected from a wide range of environments in North and South America with variation in abiotic and biotic stress....
May 10, 2024 · How crops are being disaster-proofed. Late blight is an old foe of humans. This disease catalysed the devastating Irish potato famine that began in 1845. It is caused by a fungus-like pathogen ...
May 15, 2024 · Information on the state of the environment is important to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal, including the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. The existing regulatory provisions for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) foresee an obligatory post-market environmental monitoring (PMEM) of potential adverse effects upon release into the environment. So far, GMO monitoring ...
6 days ago · Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and organic farming have historically been regarded as opposing forces in agricultural practices. While GMOs utilize genetic engineering to introduce specific traits into plants, such as resistance to pests or herbicides, organic farming practices prioritize natural processes and generally prohibit the use of GMOs.
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May 1, 2024 · Advances in plant biotechnology can address the problems associated with food scarcity in the future by enabling the production of genetically modified (GM) plants with higher productivity and ...
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5 days ago · In 1987, a strain of Pseudomonas syringae became the first genetically modified organism to be released into the environment when a strawberry and potato field in California were sprayed with it. [75]
May 10, 2024 · In 2019, Health Canada received a submission to allow the sale of a genetically modified (GM) potato variety referred to as Simplot Innate® potato event Gen2-Z6. This GM potato variety has lower levels of the amino acid asparagine and the sugars glucose and fructose for the purpose of reducing acrylamide formation when potatoes are cooked at ...
