Planting Conditions April 17, 2017
Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science and Extension Cotton Specialist Guy Collins, Extension Associate Professor – Cotton We have made a …
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Scientists Discover Gene That Doubles Production of Malaria Drug in Artemisia Annua Plant
Scientists at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and Sequentia Biotech S.L. have been able to double the production …
NAS Releases Report on Future of Biotechnology Products
The National Academies of Science has released a report on the future of biotechnology products. This report covers the …
EPA Approves New GM Potato
The EPA has approved three varieties of potato that are resistant to the disease that caused the Irish potato …
2016 Cotton OVT Yields Available
We had seven locations for the cotton OVT program this year. We lost two locations (Montgomery and Scotland county). …
Video GMO Story: The Near Death and Rescue of the Hawaiian Papaya
Interesting video of the story of the development of the papaya genetically engineered to be resistant to ringspot virus. …
Second GM Crop Ready for Release in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is close to approving a potato that is genetically engineered to be resistant to late blight. Late blight …
Golden Rice Trials in Bangladesh Show High Promise
A version of Golden Rice developed in Bangladesh performed well in field trials in 2017. Golden Rice is genetically …
Cultivating the Future: How Can 20 Years of GM Debate Inform UK Farm Policy?
The Agriculture Biotechnology Council, a UK based biotech industry group, has recently produced a report called “Cultivating the future: …
New Report: Biotechnology to Help Mitigate Climate Change
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released “The State of Food and Agriculture”. This …
Do Conflicts of Interest Negate Scientific Consensus on GMO Safety?
Mark Lynas of the Cornell Alliance for Science discusses Chilean researcher Miguel Sanchez analysis of 698 journal articles concerning health …
Response to Danny Hakim's Article in the NY Times "Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops"
NCSU William Neal Reynolds Professor of Agriculture and Co-director of the Genetic Engineering in Society Center Fred Gould is …