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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 of ...
Jan 6, 2022 · This review aims to highlight the current genetic engineering tools that are being employed in potato improvement, with special emphasis on varieties that have reached the market. It examines the traits that have been modified in potato, the methods used, and the final outcomes.
- 10.1080/21645698.2021.1993688
- 2021
- GM Crops Food. 2021; 12(1): 479-496.
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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.
Sep 14, 1999 · Fluorescent GM potatoes say 'water me'. A potato genetically-modified with jellyfish genes which glows when it needs watering is created by Edinburgh scientists. The team believes the plant...
Nov 29, 2019 · A genetically modified potato with improved tuber quality and resistance to the devastating disease late blight has progressed successfully through the latest stage of trials. Aerial photograph of the GM potato field trial site. The field trials follow successful lab experiments to modify Maris Piper potatoes with late blight resistance genes ...
Feb 17, 2014 · By Matt McGrath. Environment correspondent, BBC News. British scientists have developed genetically modified potatoes that are resistant to the vegetable's biggest threat - blight. A...
May 18, 2018 · Working together, scientists from Wageningen University & Research and Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, have developed a two-pronged approach: a genetically modified potato, along with a new pest management strategy, that combine for healthy crops with minimal fungicide use.
