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Potato Supply chain. Chinese scientists ’reinvent’ potatoes to solve global food crisis. A graphic demonstration of the team’s research (Courtesy: Cell) July 14, 2021. Chinese scientists have 'fixed' hybrid potatoes using genome editing technologies, simplifying the breeding process and allowing multiplication using True Potato Seed (TPS).
Potato improvement through genetic engineering. Pages 479-496 | Received 03 Jul 2021, Accepted 10 Oct 2021, Published online: 06 Jan 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 ...
Nov 9, 2020 · Genetic Modification, Then and Now. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as they exist today are the latest advance in a long history of human-imposed changes to the DNA of the crops we eat. While public skepticism of GMOs is widespread, a look at our history shows that some of this skepticism may be misguided.
Aug 1, 2012 · All this makes potatoes a powerful symbol of biodiversity (and lack thereof) in the global food system. But to read this week’s news, it’s easy to wonder if we’ll ever learn our lesson ...
May 21, 2018 · Researchers in Ireland and the Netherlands have discovered that a genetically engineered potato carrying a blight resistance gene could help farmers reduce fungicide sprays by up to 90 percent. Scientists from Wageningen University in the Netherlands and Teagasc, the Irish agricultural research agency, conducted three years of field tests in the two countries to examine […]
Jun 1, 2018 · Posted on June 1, 2018, 8:11 am. Rob Dobi for BuzzFeed News. In late 2014, an obscure Russian group called a press conference in London to announce the launch of the “world’s largest international study” — a three-year, $25 million experiment of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. In the Factor GMO project, the panelists explained ...
Jul 2, 2021 · Scientists say GMOs are safe, but some wish to avoid them until long-term studies are published. Common GMO foods include corn, soybeans, potatoes, and papaya. The first genetically modified food ...