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Feb 17, 2014 · By Matt McGrath. Environment correspondent, BBC News. British scientists have developed genetically modified potatoes that are resistant to the vegetable's biggest threat - blight. A...
May 15, 2015 · The list of approved GM cultivars of vegetables includes lucerne (alfalfa), potatoes, squash, sugar beet, sweet corn (maize) and tomatoes. The first major criticism of GM foods by a scientist was in relation to a GM potato which was undergoing tests.
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Jan 6, 2022 · Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important crop worldwide and a staple food for many people worldwide. Genetically, it poses many challenges for traditional breeding due to its autotetraploid nature and its tendency toward inbreeding depression. Breeding programs have focused on productivity, nutritional quality, and disease ...
- 10.1080/21645698.2021.1993688
- 2021
- GM Crops Food. 2021; 12(1): 479-496.
Dec 5, 2017 · Lucy Jordan | Seeker | December 5, 2017. Sufferers of malnutrition in the global south could soon find help from an unlikely source: a humble potato, genetically tweaked to provide substantial...
Sep 9, 2022 · These potatoes have been approved since 2005 and 2007, respectively, in Russia for direct use or processed in food. 42 During 2016, the Federation Council of the Russian Federation adopted a law that banned the usage of GMO for food production. This law includes new registration procedures for GMO and necessary permissions to work in this field.
- 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c03837
- 2022/09/09
May 26, 2020 · Agricultural science and organic farming: Time to change our trajectory; Viewpoint: Scientific American’s credibility crash; Infographic: 5 popular foods genetically modified by humans–before GMOs
In 2014, a team of British scientists published a paper about three-year field trial showing that another genetically modified version of the Désirée cultivar can resist infection after exposure to late blight, one of the most serious diseases of potatoes.
