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Apr 19, 2023 · Agricultural Biotechnology. Feed Your Mind is our new education initiative to help consumers better understand genetically engineered foods, commonly called GMOs or genetically modified organisms ...
A British food-safety expert writes in Nature that a concept that underlies regulation of genetically modified food in most of the developed world is “pseudoscientific”; an opponent fires back in a letter calling his commentary “a mish-mash of old-hat sociology and poor science.” A British scientist announces on television that ...
Sep 20, 2012 · Scientists question the methods and results of a new study showing harm to rats fed a diet of GMO corn and herbicide. But the debate is far from settled as interest groups call for a ban and ...
Aug 26, 2015 · Dr. Pustazai’s curriculum vitae is what afforded him a $3 million grant by the UK government to study GMOs. Dr. Pustazai was possibly the first, if not a primary scientist to point out that GM food was not at all substantially equivalent to non-GM foods. He also pointed out that the testing procedures employed by the UK, and incidentally ...
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 ...
Feb 28, 2017 · The three varieties are the Russet Burbank, Ranger Russet and Atlantic. They've previously been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. All three varieties "have the same taste and texture ...
GMOs can provide added nutritional value to food. For example, golden rice is a GMO that was created to carry extra vitamin A in it, in order to prevent diseases caused by its deficiency. Image credit: Golden Rice grain (right) compared to white rice grain (left) from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), [CC-by-2.0]
