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Mar 23, 2023 · 23 March 2023. BBC News. Researchers in Cambridge are developing gene-edited potatoes that don't bruise in order to reduce food waste. By Pallab Ghosh. Science correspondent. Gene-edited...
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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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 potato for blight resistance by inserting a gene (Rpi-vnt1.1), into ...
All of these differed between transgenic lines and in comparison with the parental lines. Rats in Pusztai's study were fed either raw or cooked potatoes. Non-transgenic potatoes were supplemented with GNA. The results showed that rats fed the transgenic potatoes had significantly lower organ weights.
Mar 29, 2013 · GM potato research raises hope, history and controversy in Ireland | Agriculture | The Guardian. Fighting blight ... Ewen Mullins examines genetically modified potatoes that will be tested at...
