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  1. Genetic modification prevents potatoes from bruising and browning and reduces asparagine, which enhances food safety. (Image Credit: GMO Answers) The potato is the most frequently consumed vegetable in the United States, which raises the question – are there GMO potatoes?

  2. Jan 6, 2022 · These problems can be addressed by genetic modification (GM) or gene editing (GE) and open a wide horizon for potato crop improvement. Current genetically modified and gene edited varieties include those with Colorado potato beetle and late blight resistance, reduction in acrylamide, and modified starch content.

    • 10.1080/21645698.2021.1993688
    • 2021
    • GM Crops Food. 2021; 12(1): 479-496.
  3. Jan 10, 2022 · Genetically engineered (GE) potato plants, obtained by classical genetic transformation strategies or genome editing tools, with increased resistance to insects, bacteria, fungi, viruses, herbicides, abiotic factors, and/or improved nutritional and post-harvest quality were developed.

    • 10.3389/fpls.2021.768233
    • 2021
    • Front Plant Sci. 2021; 12: 768233.
  4. A genetically modified potato is a potato that has had its genes modified, using genetic engineering. Goals of modification include introducing pest resistance , tweaking the amounts of certain chemicals produced by the plant, and to prevent browning or bruising of the tubers.

  5. 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.

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  7. (Nico Champouret/Simplot Plant Sciences via AP) Three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and...

  8. Dec 23, 2022 · Despite challenges related to potato genome structure and phenotype/genotype variation during plant regeneration after genome editing, CRISPR/Cas technology has great potential for effectively implementing potato modifications, given that the most successful genetically manipulated traits in potato have been achieved through gene silencing ...

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