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  1. May 26, 2020 · Biotech potatoes: A case study of how genetic engineering can improve our food supply. Craig Richael, David Douches, Dennis Halterman | Spudman | May 26, 2020. To help demonstrate the power...

  2. Jan 6, 2022 · Devaux A, Goffart JP, Petsakos A, Kromann P, Gatto M, Okello J, Suarez V, Hareau G. Global Food Security, Contributions from Sustainable Potato Agri-Food Systems. In: Campos H., Ortiz O (eds), The Potato Crop. Springer, Cham. 2020. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28683-5_1

  3. May 18, 2018 · (Nastco/iStock) 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.

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  5. A genetically modified potato is a potato that has had its genes modified, using genetic engineering. Goals of modification include introducing pest resistance , tweaking the amounts of certain chemicals produced by the plant, and to prevent browning or bruising of the tubers.

  6. Jan 6, 2015 · J.R. Simplot’s new Innate potato, approved by the USDA in November, and a blight-resistant potato developed in the United Kingdom both challenge anti-GMO activists notion of “foreign genes”...

  7. Jan 10, 2022 · Genetically engineered (GE) potato plants, obtained by classical genetic transformation strategies or genome editing tools, with increased resistance to insects, bacteria, fungi, viruses, herbicides, abiotic factors, and/or improved nutritional and post-harvest quality were developed.

  8. Dec 5, 2019 · The field trials follow successful lab experiments to modify Maris Piper potatoes with late blight resistance genes from wild relatives of potato called Solanum americanum and Solanum venturii.