University of Missouri researchers found they can tweak the SRFR1 protein to boost gel-like condensates that drive longer ...

Greenpeace may be committed to "saving the whales," but it's happy to let poor children go blind and die. Their eyes tell their sad stories as ghostly white irises give way to vacant stares. We can ...

Adding too much water to your plants can damage them as much as not having enough water. In the environment, plants submerged under excessive rain have limited access to light and oxygen, which ...

The genetic engineering of 3000 sheep in NZ in the 1990s didn’t end particularly well. The ‘biopharming’ of plants, however, has a lot more potential, writes Laura Baal.

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture is not sustainable. In a review article publishing in the journal Trends in ...

A research team has created gene-edited crops without using tissue culture. A team of plant biotechnologists led by Gunvant Patil at Texas Tech University (TX, USA) has developed a groundbreaking ...

This consensus report examines a range of questions and opinions about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other effects of genetically engineered (GE) crops and food. Claims and research that ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 10, 2024) Expanding the planting of genetically engineered crops is the major focus of “The Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology – Plan for Regulatory ...

CFS is suing the Trump EPA for reapproving Dicamba, a volatile herbicide causing massive drift damage to crops and wild areas ...

The National Academy of Sciences published a major report today (February 21) on the environmental effects of genetically modified plants. Deborah Letourneau, a professor of environmental studies at ...

Farmers have been trying to minimize the impacts of crop pests for thousands of years. Insects, nematodes, bacteria, fungi, and viruses can cause massive destruction of important crops, and this ...