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2 days ago · Genetically modified crops (GM crops) are genetically modified plants that are used in agriculture. The first crops developed were used for animal or human food and provide resistance to certain pests, diseases, environmental conditions, spoilage or chemical treatments (e.g. resistance to a herbicide ).
5 days ago · Genes can be introduced, enhanced or deleted within a species, across species or even across kingdoms. GMOs may be used for a variety of purposes, such as making human insulin, producing fermented beverages and developing pesticide resistance in crop plants.
4 days ago · Tomatoes. Photo credit: Canva Pro. The first genetically modified food ever sold was the Flavr Savr tomato, designed to have a longer shelf life. Though it’s not on the market anymore, other GMO tomatoes are still around.
1 day ago · Genetically modified crops are, as the name suggests, crops or plants whose genetic code has been intentionally altered using scientific methodologies. The history of GM crops can be traced to late 1994 when Calgene, a biotechnology company, launched Flavr Savr, the first ever genetically modified tomato.
1 day ago · Miruku recently announced that it had closed a pre-Series A $8 million funding round. The company plans to work first with farmers in Australia before expanding to the US and Canada . Non-GMO Project’s Standard defines all crops and products developed using biotechnology, including new gene-editing techniques, as GMOs.
1 day ago · A genetically modified crop is one that has undergone genetic engineering to change its DNA and is employed in agriculture (GM crop). Plant genomes can be altered physically or by employing Agrobacterium to transfer sequences found in T-DNA binary vectors. Usually, the intention is to confer on the plant a novel trait that is absent…
5 days ago · Summary: An extensive study has found that new technologies in genetic engineering and conventional breeding are blurring the once clear distinctions between these two crop-improvement...
