Published on January 25, 2021 | Juliana Agbo, The Nation The ongoing research on the TELA maize project, a new maize variety which is water-efficient, drought-tolerant and also fights insects…
Read morePublished on January 25, 2021 | The Guardian The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has assured Nigerians that there would be no unwholesome genetically modified organism (GMO) crops in the…
Read morePublished on January 20, 2021 | United States Department of Agriculture | Genetic Literacy Project The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) [January 19…
Read morePublished on January 18, 2021 | Bahador Hajimohammadi, Gilda Eslami, and Hengameh Zandi, Nature | Genetic Literacy Project Rice is considered one of the most important staple food crops. Genetically…
Read morePublished on January 15, 2021 | Joan Conrow, Cornell Alliance for Science | Genetic Literacy Project Scientists have discovered how to genetically modify the camelina plant to produce pheromone precursors…
Read morePublished on January 14, 2021 | John Innes Centre John Innes Centre researchers have helped in the development of pioneering gene stacking techniques to combat the growing threat of wheat…
Read morePublished on January 13, 2021 | Claire Williams, Diego Maximiliano Macall, Savannah Gleim, and Stuart Smyth; Journal of Agriculture and Food Research | Genetic Literacy Project Agricultural biotechnology produced genetically…
Read morePublished on January 13, 2021 | Dominique Patton & Hallie Gu, Reuters | Genetic Literacy Project China last year approved three domestically designed GMO crops as safe, the first in…
Read morePublished on January 12, 2021 | ISAAA | Genetic Literacy Project The Notice in the Federal Register states that APHIS is advising the public that the genetically engineered corn variety DP202216 is…
Read morePublished on January 07, 2021 | Juliana Agbo, The Nation Newspaper As farmers continue to face the challenge of traditionally low yield factor due to attack by pests and diseases…
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