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The French government has imposed a temporary ban on the use of the genetically modified (GM) corn Mon810, the only transgenic crop approved for cultivation in...

Aarhus University's Inger B. Holme and colleagues from various research institutions used TALEN- and CRISPR-Cas9-induced mutations to study the barley phytase...

The town council of Bay, Laguna, Philippines unanimously voted and approved the resolution authorizing the field trial of Bt eggplant at the University of the...

With the impending increase in temperature due to climate change, scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) predicts an enormous...

After more than nine years, the Common Market for Eastern and South Africa (COMESA) has finally drafted a policy on GM technology and submitted it for national...

Pakistan's Agriculture Secretary Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo inaugurated the country's first satellite remote-sensing laboratory on May 20, 2014 at the crop reporting...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rejected the attempt of France to ban the genetically engineered variety of maize (MON810) developed by Monsanto....

Researchers led by Associate Professor Zhangjun Fei of the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) have sequenced the genome of the whitefly (Bemisia tabici), an...

The Premiers of Victoria and New South Wales approved a decision to lift the moratorium on genetically modified crops. They also agreed that GM canola can now...

A lot of farming families and poor consumers who look to rice for their food see flooding as a horrible disaster. But rice breeders have been aware of FR13A, a...

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have assembled the genomes of more than two dozen of corn strains, revealing new genetic insights valuable...

Keeping the seed viability during long term storage is a universal problem in rice. Avoiding and/or reducing the seed deterioration during storage is a vital...

Scientists at China Agricultural University studied the possible effects of feeding phytase transgenic corn to the organ weight, serum biochemical parameters,...

A major viral disease of tomato caused by a complex of viruses called Tospovirus has been found in all tomato producing regions of Brazil. It can totally wipe...

Up to 17 million smallholder farmers planted GM crops in 2018, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications' report...

Scientists from Texas Tech University, Bayer CropScience, and the National Center for Genome Resources (NGCR) have developed the annotated draft genome...

Genetically modified (GM) papaya developed by Cornell University, USA and the University of Hawaii has been cultivated since 1998 in Hawaii and saved the local...

Nigeria is on the path to becoming the first country ever to cultivate biotech cowpea after the country's biosafety agency granted approval for the crop's...

A study published in The Plant Journal reveals the transformative potential of gene editing in developing soybean plants with enhanced salt tolerance. This...

Dr. Emily Twinamasiko, Director General of the Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) observed that despite widespread cultivation of cash...

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Scientists from Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in France together with partners in Italy reported single and multiple gene mutagenesis using...

An international team of scientists has generated a high-quality draft genome of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora). Published in the journal Science, the...

CRISPR-Cas9 has made gene editing very easy. However, the tool has been found to be less precise than previously assumed as it leads to unwanted mutations in a...

The cyst nematode is one of the toughest enemies of soybean growers in the U.S. Conventional control measures against the nematode such as the use of costly...

Insect resistant soybean event MON 87701 was determined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to be of minimal risk to the environment from incidental...

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recently released the third edition of Global Diversity Outlook (GBO-3), one of the principal milestones of the...

With the progress in biotechnology and other inventions and discoveries in science, the issue of patents always come up. In the field of biotechnology, patent...

Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have successfully assembled the first chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved genome of the Chinese cherry cultivar

A limited and controlled release application was filed by the University of Queensland, Australia for genetically modified (GM) sugar cane that has been...

To meet the needs of an ever increasing population, plant breeders have made a list of the most important crop traits that researchers need to develop to...

The Cuu Long ( Mekong ) Delta in Vietnam needs an adaptable environmental policy to cope with current decreasing biological diversity and declining natural...

A team of researchers from University of Wisconsin (UW) studying the mechanism of drought resistance in plants have identified the protein targets of the plant...

More than 1,000 scientists from nonprofit, corporate, academic, and private institutions say public doubts about genetically modified (GM) food crops are...

BGI Tech and Hebei Agricultural University jointly announced the complete, high quality sequence of the Jujube genome. Jujube is the most economically...

The vitamin A-enriched rice known as Golden Rice will soon be available in Bangladesh, according to Agriculture Minister Dr. Abdur Razzaque. He said this to...

More countries are joining the COVID-19 Food Coalition led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The initiative, which was...

A research team headed by Dr. Sona Pandey of Donald Plant Science Center discovered the most complex signal proteins in plants that control responses to...

An international research team from Europe and the United States have sequenced the genome of the seagrass Zostera marina, an eelgrass taken from the...

Australia's Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has received license application DIR 212 from the University of Adelaide to conduct a field trial of...

The Argentine Official Register announced the public consultation required for the release of the first soybean trait developed by a Chinese company, Beijing...

A new study by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and collaborators confirmed the detrimental effects of warming temperatures on...

New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute will host the 2012 New Mexico Chile Conference on Feb. 6 and 7 at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, New...

An international team of scientists has identified the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine of the mid-ninetheenth century. The scientists said that a...

Cell wall fortification is one of the best resistance mechanisms in wheat (Triticum aestivum) against Fusarium graminearum, which causes Fusarium head blight...

Researchers from Australia's national science agency produced a gene-screening platform to help understand plant pathogen virulence evolution. The novel method...

The 7th International Rice Genetics Symposium (RG7) will be held from 5 to 8 November 2013 at Dusit Thani Hotel in Manila, Philippines. Organized by the...

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBLEBI), in partnership with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA. has...

China's Ministry of Agriculture has signed a USD 30 million cooperation deal with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to improve...

TAL effector nucleases are the new tools for genome engineering. Researchers at Iowa State University and University of Minnesota developed the tool to aid...

A team of scientists at the University of Western Australia led by Winthrop Professor Steven Smith of the Australian Research Council Center of Excellence in...

The Philippines' Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) has given its approval for the commercial cultivation of insect resistant Bt...

Communication Challenges and Convergence on Crop Biotechnology presents case studies of Asia and Australia on country experiences in fostering greater...

China, the world's second largest corn consumer, has renewed safety certificates for imports of three biotech varieties of the grain. Previously approved...

Plants use pattern recognition receptor to protect themselves from microbial pathogens. When the receptors recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns...

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Literature Review and Report has been released. The Impact of Asynchronous Approvals for Biotech...

The European Commission's chief scientific advisors urged the EC to revise the existing GMO directive 2001/18/EC because the recent ruling of the European...

In a unique milestone, Serbia and Latvia have made the first-ever deposits of their local varieties into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in October 2021. Serbia...

A collective sustained effort, political will, and renewed commitment across Africa and globally are necessary to transform agri-food systems and deliver...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the International Service for the...

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released an updated report on USDA's Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient (SECURE)...

Indian farmers may soon take hold of two new chickpea varieties with improved drought tolerance and disease resistance traits. The varieties were developed by...

Scopoletin and scopolin are important secondary metabolites produced in plants as a defense mechanism against abiotic stresses. They belong to coumarins,...

Ms. Ann Lopez, Director-Coordinator of the Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Program Office (DA-BPO), spoke about the need for enhanced cooperation among...

Richard Akromah, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana has urged the media to help...

Chinese researchers produced a chip that allows on-site determination of nutrients in soil. This tool will help boost crop growth in farms.

Consumers in the United States can now purchase and grow the genetically engineered Firefly Petunias in their gardens and homes. According to the U.S....

A study led by Prof. LIU Zhiyong from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences identifies a wheat...

Scientists from the University of South Australia and partners genetically engineered an algae to specifically destroy cancer cells without affecting healthy...

SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center's (SEARCA BIC) fifth policy brief, which is based on a study authored by Dr. Maria Monina Cecilia A. Villena, Program...

A new biosafety facility was opened at the College of Natural and Applied Science, University of Dar es Salaam under the Danish Bilateral Programme for...

Chemists at University of California, Davis invented a new process that can make gasoline-like fuels from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste....

Through genetic engineering (GE), a photosynthesis enhancement trait was incorporated into hybrid poplar trees that resulted in the trees' increase in speed...

Scientists from the USA produced an antibiotic that can eliminate drug-resistant bacteria. This will help reduce the spread of diseases in humans.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have discovered that a gene defect is the reason behind the recently discovered stress syndrome in pigs. The...

Polished rice contains low amounts of iron, an essential micronutrient in human nutrition. Thus, Dipak Gayen of the University of Calcutta and colleagues...

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and several partners will spearhead the Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa...

The USDA has recently released information on the passing of the National Biosafety Law in Turkey. The USDA/FAS GAIN Report discusses Turkey's National...

Scientists from China National Rice Research Institute conducted a study to determine the function of chloroplast RNA splicing 2 (CRS2) protein in rice...

Media houses in Uganda have called for a wider sensitization of the public on genetically modified organisms. This was during a series of workshops themed...

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an efficient way to recycle food waste that the country produces. They have...

Researchers at the University of Newcastle in Australia and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a major advance by identifying a gene in tomato that...

Fodder shrubs were first introduced in the East African highlands in the early 1990s to provide farmers an inexpensive and plentiful source of high-protein...

During the advent of agricultural biotechnology, genetic modification has been focused on input traits that were developed to control insects, virus, and...

The calcineurin B-like (CBL) proteins are plant calcium sensors which play an important role in regulating the stress response of plant cells. Researchers, led...

Nitrogen has been found to be a very important nutrient for normal growth and function of plants, as well as in resistance to pests and diseases. A recent...

Rwanda women scientists have applauded effective science communication as key to ensuring smallholder farm families appreciate the role of advanced biosciences...

The Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Program Office (DA BPO) announces eight awardees of the 9th Filipino Faces of Biotechnology on December 5, 2024, at...

Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) and other viral pathogens harm soybean production and often lead to significant yield loss and quality deterioration. Thus,...

World renowned rice breeder and geneticist Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush donated Rs.3.5 crore equivalent to US$0.75 million to the Punjab Agricultural University...

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) launched the Knowledge Campaign

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists, led by Professor Kranthi Mandadi, are using a new biological technology that develops and multiplies disease-resistant...

An international team of scientists has created a new computational model that can be used to predict gene function of uncharacterized plant genes with...

A dedicated and coordinated work programme related to bees in the areas of pesticides, animal and plant health, and genetically modified organisms are...

Scientists from Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences conducted a 2-year field trial and found that genetically engineered maize producing insecticidal...

Scientists in West Virginia have planted purple-black HoneySweet plums, which are one of the two transgenic fruit trees approved by the US Department of...

Plant growth and development depend on meristems, the plant reservoirs that contain stem cells. When prompted by peptide signals, stem cells in the meristem...

The Africa Rice Center Board of Trustees lauded the achievements of the Center in the past five years and has unanimously approved a second term to Director...