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Jan 6, 2022 · These problems can be addressed by genetic modification (GM) or gene editing (GE) and open a wide horizon for potato crop improvement. Current genetically modified and gene edited varieties include those with Colorado potato beetle and late blight resistance, reduction in acrylamide, and modified starch content.
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- Dr. Rommens’ Corporate Career Begins at Monsanto
- A New Chapter at J.R. Simplot, A Top Agribusiness Company
- Doubts Begin to Creep in About GMO Potatoes
- Major Mistakes Are Identified
- The Real Problems with GMO Potatoes
- Why Consumers Need to Be Concerned
- Other GMO Foods Have Hidden Concerns, Too
- The Real Anti-Science Movement
After I received my PhD, I went to the University of California in Berkeley to help develop a new branch of genetic engineering. I isolated several disease resistance genes from wild plants, and demonstrated, for the first time, that these genes could confer resistance to domesticated plants. Monsantoliked my work and invited me to lead its new dis...
In 2000, I left Monsanto and started an independent biotech program at J.R. Simplot Company in Boise, Idaho. Simplot is one of the largest potatoprocessors in the world. It was my goal to develop GMO potatoes that would be admired by farmers, processors, and consumers. Genetic engineering had become an obsession by then, and I created at least 5,00...
It was as hard for me to consider that my GMO varieties might be corrupted as it is for parents to doubt the perfection of their children. Our assumption was that GMOs are safe. But my pro-biotech filter eventually wore thin and finally shattered entirely. I identified some minor mistakesand had my first doubts about the products of my work. I want...
The true scope of my errors became obvious to me only after I had relocated to a small farm in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. By this time, Simplot had announced the regulatory approval of my GMO varieties. As the company began to plan for quiet introductions in American and Asian markets, I was breeding plants and animals independently, u...
The GMO varieties I created are currently released under innocuous names, such as Innate, Hibernate, and White Russet. They are described as better and easier-to-use than normal potatoes and to contain fewer bruises, but the reality is different. The GMO potatoes are likely to accumulate at least two toxins that are absent in normal potatoes, and n...
Unfortunately, most GMO potatoes end-up as unlabeled foods that are indistinguishable from normal foods. Consumer groups would have to carry out PCR tests to determine if certain products, including fries and chips, contain or lack the GMO material. Given the nature of the potato industry, the most common potato varieties, such as Russet Burbank an...
My book describes the many hidden issues of GMO potatoes, but GMO potatoes are not the exception. They are the rule. I could just as well have written (and may write) about the experimental GMO varieties we developed at Monsanto, which contains an antifungal protein that I now recognize as allergenic, about the disease resistancethat caused insect ...
On May 3rd, 2018, the columnist Michael Gerson wrote in the Washington Post: “Anti-GMO is anti-science.” His statement was echoed by Mitch Daniels, his colleague, who added, “[It] isn’t just anti-science. It’s immoral.” But these two columnists are not scientists. They don’t understand the level of bias and self-deception that exists among genetic ...
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Feb 17, 2023 · According to a recent study, cited by CIP Potato, people had a more positive opinion of genetically modified (GM) crops in general after seeing genetically modified (GM) potatoes growing in a field and hearing about their benefits for farmers and the environment.
The recent approval of the Amflora potato by the European Union (EU)—the EU's first registration of a genetically modified (GM) potato in 12 years—has garnered considerable media attention...
- Gerhart U Ryffel
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- 2010
May 18, 2018 · A potato variety genetically engineered to resist potato blight can help reduce the use of chemical fungicides by up to 90 percent, according to a new study - drastically reducing the environmental impact of potato farming.
Sep 9, 2022 · Traditional plant breeding techniques are very time-consuming and often unsuccessful. In contrast, genetic modification (GM) is targeted more precisely; thus, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have a given property, and currently, the adverse effects of natural long-term breeding are eliminated.
May 18, 2021 · GM foods are a subcategory of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which also include the genetic modification of microorganisms and animals. The practice of manipulating the genetic material...
