Yahoo

Plants get a GMO glow-up: Genetically modified varieties are coming out of the lab and into homes and gardens

As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had a run-in with an angry cat. Wouldn’t it be nice to rid plants of their prickles entirely ...
Nature

Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher

Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular ...
JD Supra

APHIS Revises and Adds Exemptions for Plants Modified or Produced through Genetic Engineering

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on November 13, 2024, that it added modifications a plant may contain and qualify for exemption ...
Nature

Genetically Modified Horticulture Plants

Genetically modified horticulture plants represent a dynamic intersection of modern biotechnology and agricultural practice, aimed at addressing challenges in food security, nutritional quality and ...
JSTOR Daily

Genetic insights into the modification of the pre-fertilization mechanisms during plant domestication

Plant domestication is the process of adapting plants to human use by selecting specific traits. The selection process often involves the modification of some components of the plant reproductive ...
Devdiscourse

How generative AI is driving the future of plant gene editing

Traditional breeding and genetic modification methods have struggled to keep pace with the rapid evolution of plant viruses. CRISPR/Cas systems, originally derived from bacterial immune responses, ...
Southeast Missourian

Coffee plants modified to produce 70 percent less caffeine

For those who love the full flavor of real coffee but can't handle the kick, the genetics revolution may have a solution. Researchers say they have genetically engineered coffee plants that have 70 ...
insider.si.edu

The green phoenix : a history of genetically modified plants / Paul F. Lurquin

https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!687691~!0#focus ...
JD Supra

APHIS Issues RSR Responses for Modified Orange, Corn, Almond, and Tomato Plants

In October 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reviewed the following plants modified using genetic engineering to determine whether ...
Reuters

Chile's 'seed guardians' grow and protect forgotten food varieties

SAN VICENTE DE TAGUA TAGUA, Chile, Nov 18 (Reuters) - An emerging group of farmers and growers in Chile, known as seed guardians, aim to protect the traditional crops of their ancestors, keeping them ...
JSTOR Daily

An Evaluation and Modification of World Conservation Union Red List Criteria for Classification of Extinction Risk in Vascular Plants

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List criteria endorsed in 1994 consist of a set of decision rules based on quantitative thresholds of ...