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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 ...
Jan 6, 2022 · Introduction. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important food for human consumption behind wheat and rice, and among the top horticultural crops. 1 Two thirds of the annual yield is marketed fresh, while the remainder is processed for snack and other industrial food products, including animal feed, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, wood, and textile commodities. 2,3 In 2019, 17.5 ...
- 10.1080/21645698.2021.1993688
- 2021
- GM Crops Food. 2021; 12(1): 479-496.
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Jan 16, 2023 · Sheffield scientists had already discovered that rice with fewer stomata are more drought resistant, needing up to 60 per cent less water -- now, they have shown that the same plants are also able ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Between 1994 and July 2023, several genetically engineered crops and a few genetically engineered animals were developed and approved for food use in at least one county (ISAAA.org GM database). Now there are 386 events (trait and crop or animal species) of genetically engineered (GE or GMOs) approved for food use in at least one country.
Oct 20, 2022 · ABSTRACT. Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is the most devastating disease in potato production. Here, we show full late blight resistance in a location with a genetically diverse pathogen population with the use of GM potato stacked with three resistance (R) genes over three seasons.
- 10.1080/21645698.2022.2133396
- 2022
- GM Crops Food. 2022; 13(1): 290-298.
May 12, 2022 · Genetically Modified Food in the US. As of 2011, the United States takes the lead in GM food production, with over 20 different crops approved. As a result, 85% of corn, 91% of soybeans, and 88% of cotton produced in the U.S. is all modified. Consumers, farmers, activists, biotech companies, government officials, and scientists, have all ...
Sep 1, 2016 · The U.S. is much more lenient to GMOs and GM foods than China and many other countries, probably because of the FDA's premise that GM foods do not significantly differ from non-GM foods and hence, without a contrary evidence, GM foods are safe and do not require particular safety assessment and labeling [4].
