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- 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. Varieties modified to produce large amounts of starches may be approved for industrial use only, not for food.
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Jan 6, 2022 · Current genetically modified and gene edited varieties include those with Colorado potato beetle and late blight resistance, reduction in acrylamide, and modified starch content.
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important...
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Summary of the most outstanding genetically modified potato...
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important...
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Amflora (EH92-527-1) is a GM potato produced by BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) that lacks amylose and instead contains amylopectin (>98%) as the predominant starch 1, 2. Amylose ordinarily has to...
- Gerhart U Ryffel
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- 2010
May 25, 2022 · Researchers use CRISPR technology to modify starches in potatoes. by Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University. A depiction of the process for the elimination of amylose starch in a potato. Credit:...
- Kay Ledbetter
May 25, 2022 · Late blight was the cause of the Irish potato famine. Starch is key for both dietary and industrial uses. The amount of starch in potato tubers is the main factor that determines a potato's use.
Jan 10, 2022 · There is a variety of methods for potato improvement via genetic transformation. Most of them incorporate genes of interest into the nuclear genome; nevertheless, the development of plastid transformation protocols broadened the available approaches for potato breeding.
- 10.3389/fpls.2021.768233
- 2021
- Front Plant Sci. 2021; 12: 768233.
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.
Jun 6, 2018 · A crucial enzyme glucan water dekinases (GWD) responsible for phosphorylating starch has been identified in potatoes, and regulating the expression of this gene could change the phosphate content and viscosity of potato starch .
