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May 26, 2020 · The 100-plus wild species relatives of potato provide a virtually endless source of traits that can be incorporated into elite varieties relatively easily and quickly. Read the original post X ...
Feb 17, 2014 · Environment correspondent, BBC News. British scientists have developed genetically modified potatoes that are resistant to the vegetable's biggest threat - blight. A three-year trial has shown ...
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Mar 10, 2013 · Professor Herbert Boyer and a few of his biologist colleagues run with it. 1975 - Asilomar Conference. A group of biologists get together with a few lawyers and doctors to create guidelines for the safe use of genetically engineered DNA. 1980 - First GMO Patent Issued. A 1980 court case between a genetics engineer at General Electric and the U ...
Aug 29, 2022 · Isabel Schmidt August 29, 2022 010 mins. By Isabel Schmidt. The debate over the safety of genetically altered foods has been present since their inception in the 1990s. Indeed, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have often been viewed as being ‘unnatural’. Greenpeace went as far as to destroy a field of GM corn in Norfolk in 1999, but ...
Sep 14, 2022 · Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are one of the most important crops worldwide. However, its production and nutrient content are endangered by both biotic and abiotic stresses. The main yield losses are caused by pest damage (e.g., Colorado potato beetle and aphids), virus disease (e.g., Potato leafroll virus and Potato viruses Y and X), or oomycete pathogens (like Phytophthora infestans), which ...
May 18, 2018 · GM Potato Can Help Cut Pesticide Use by Up to 90 Percent, Study Shows. 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. Potato blight, caused by a water mould called ...
At this time the Gatehouses were both at the University of Durham. 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. They developed this ...
