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Up to 48% of the weed wild turnip growing in the GM crops had swapped genes with its cultivated relative, making it resistant to weedkiller, the researchers found. (tripod.com)
GENES from genetically modified crops have cross-fertilised and contaminated conventional crops and weeds in the UK, new government evidence has confirmed. (tripod.com)
The investigation, conducted between 1994 and 2000 by the National Institute of Agriculture, Botany and the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, shows that genes from GM oil seed rape altered to become resistant to herbicides, contaminated conventional crops. (tripod.com)
The Goal of research is to characterize the molecular mechanisms, including identifying genes, which regulate biological processes in crops that effect agronomical performance, postharvest quality and shelf life and yield of processed products made from fruit crops. (purdue.edu)
All current GM crops use protein coding genes from bacteria that have been altered by introducing synonymous codons, replacing plant-preferred codons for the bacterial codons in order to enhance the production of protein from the transgenes. (i-sis.org.uk)
so for example, genes from bacteria are poorly read in higher plants and vice versa . (i-sis.org.uk)
Essentially all commercial GM crops contain bacterial genes with codons altered to enhance the expression of transgenes in plants. (i-sis.org.uk)
Most recently, the potential for plant breeding has advanced significantly, with the advent of methods for the incorporation of genes from other organisms into plants via recombinant DNA-techniques. (jrank.org)
The gene encoding Bt, as well as genes conferring resistance to viral diseases, have been introduced into plants by this method. (jrank.org)
GM corn and cotton contain bacterial genes that kill insects and confer herbicide-resistance on the crops. (jrank.org)
GM squash contains viral genes that confer resistance to viruses. (jrank.org)
The process of GM plant production from construction of recombinant plant genes to their transfer to plants via Agrobacterium - mediated and direct transformation e.g. particle bombardment is described. (bath.ac.uk)
Traditional plant breeding is an imprecise art involving the transfer of a body of genes through cross-pollination. (newscientist.com)
Removing the genes for sexual reproduction would prevent it passing on any added virulence genes to related fungi that attack other plants. (dhushara.com)
Recent advances that allow the precise editing of genomes now raise the possibility that fruit and other crops might be genetically improved without the need to introduce foreign genes, acco. (innovationtoronto.com)
The genes of GM plants used for food are tweaked to make them more. (innovationtoronto.com)
Transgenic crops have genes inserted in them from other species and are seen as a threat to biodiversity. (cseindia.org)
Genetically engineered (GE) foods have had their DNA changed using genes from other plants or animals. (medlineplus.gov)
Genetic engineering allows scientists to move desired genes from one plant or animal into another. (medlineplus.gov)
Genes can also be moved from an animal to a plant or vice versa. (medlineplus.gov)

Genetically modified crops being grown in Britain are likely to have cross-pollinated with ordinary crops and weeds, government research has shown. (tripod.com)
GM oilseed rape so readily cross pollinates it is unlikely that GM crops could be grown in Britain without contaminating all oilseed varieties, according to the research. (tripod.com)
Any normal crops being grown for seed or to be labelled organic would be rendered unfit for market because of contamination, and the research evidence shows that cross-pollination over large distances is possible. (tripod.com)
That is why we declared from the start that these crops should not be grown in the open environment at all. (tripod.com)
GM Crops are plants used in agriculture,the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering.GM is a technology that involves inserting DNA into the genome of an organism.To produce a GM plant, new DNA is transferred into plant cells.Usually,the cells are then grown in tissue culture where they develop into plants.The seeds produced by these plants inherit the new DNA. (forumias.com)
Brazil s legislation requires studies to be undertaken in all biomes where the modified plant might be grown. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
The pros of GMO crops are that they may contain more nutrients, are grown with fewer pesticides, and are usually cheaper than their non-GMO counterparts. (gowanusballroom.com)
Herbicide tolerant and insect resistant GM corn, canola, soy and some white sugarbeet (for sugar processing) are grown in Canada. (cban.ca)
More than 40 different GM crops are now being grown commercially. (jrank.org)
This research tested GM maize MON 810, resistant to European corn borer and grown in Spain, and NK 603 with tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate and grown in Canada, both approved for the European market. (idw-online.de)
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are in over 70% of products produced in the United States, especially since most contain traces of corn, soybean, rice or canola, which are some of the popularly grown genetically modified crops. (ipl.org)
New research by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) shows the missed gene is present in GM corn and soy crops grown around the globe for both human and animal consumption. (wakeup-world.com)
Several counties in California and Oregon have banned production of genetically modified crops, but such bans would have no chance of passing in the Midwestern states where most of the GM corn and soybeans are grown. (non-gmoreport.com)
There are no dedicated non-GMO crop production areas in the US though there are areas where more non-GMO corn and soybeans are grown. (non-gmoreport.com)
Adrian Bebb, GMO campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said: "GM oilseed rape will harm the environment and contaminate non-GM agriculture, whether it is grown in the EU or elsewhere in the world. (cbgnetwork.org)
Most of Tanzania's corn is grown by smallholder farmers who typically plant seeds from traditional varieties and rely on natural rains. (pulitzercenter.org)
Lynas' cherry picking also misses a crucial fact: Farmers who have grown accustomed to using Monsanto's Roundup Ready crops are starting to see the appearance of weeds that are resistant glyphosate , the central ingredient in Roundup. (earthisland.org)
Cotton, corn, and soybeans are the main GE crops grown in the United States. (medlineplus.gov)

Pete Riley, from FoE, said: "This raises serious doubts about whether we can grow GM crops in this country and still give farmers the option of growing non-GM crops and organic produce. (tripod.com)
Addressing members of the Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists (GARDJA) at a training on the basics of biotechnology , Mr. Debrah emphasized that GM technology is one of the several available options to help improve agricultural production and exuded confidence that the technology will offer farmers the best opportunity to scale up food production. (isaaa.org)
Recently,farmers in Haryana and experts had expressed fears of widespread contamination of GM brinjal in the state as farmer was found cultivating Bt brinjal illegally. (forumias.com)
Besides that, the Russian government doesn't permit farmers to plant GM crops. (rt.com)
Over 2,000 farmers have petitioned the US government to more thoroughly investigate the impacts of the genetically modified corn crop from Monsanto. (rt.com)
The introduction of GM cotton proved to be a commercial disaster in Australia - the yields were far lower than predicted, and the cotton plants cross-pollinated with other varieties of cotton potentially causing many legal problems for unsuspecting farmers. (apparelsearch.com)
For the past several decades, the public has been fed the rhetoric that genetically modified (GM) crops and foods are needed to feed the world's growing population and to meet the challenges that farmers face, including climate change as well as pests and diseases. (anh-usa.org)
Instead, GM crops have presented farmers with new challenges of controlling herbicide-resistant superweeds and Bt-resistant superpests. (anh-usa.org)
Most GM crops are tolerant to herbicides, enabling farmers to spray the field liberally with that herbicide, killing all plant life except the crop. (anh-usa.org)
GMO Compass, founded that eighteen million farmers in 2013 modified their crops amounting to one-hundred and seventy-four hectares of modified fields. (ipl.org)
Food Democracy Now warns that if the legislation passes, it would "strip judges of their constitutional mandate to protect consumer rights and the environment, while opening up the floodgates for the planting of new untested genetically engineered crops, endangering farmers, consumers and the environment. (wakeup-world.com)
We hope to create a hub for non-GMO and create opportunities for row crop and livestock farmers," McBroom said. (non-gmoreport.com)
He also said there are small groups of farmers in different areas with adjacent fields producing non-GMO corn and soybeans to earn premium prices and minimize cross pollination from GM corn fields. (non-gmoreport.com)
Belgian experts concluded that growing this GM oilseed rape would have negative impacts on biodiversity that could not be brought under control, and that guidelines for farmers to prevent contamination of non-GM crops are unworkable and difficult to monitor. (cbgnetwork.org)
And farmers cannot cultivate any crop developed with the new biotechnology. (pulitzercenter.org)
While Uganda and Kenya have not given final approval for commercial sales of GM crops, farmers in those countries have been able to see field trials demonstrating their effectiveness. (pulitzercenter.org)
Tanzanian farmers have lost thousands of acres of the crops to the same disease. (pulitzercenter.org)
Those companies eventually will control Tanzania's farmers if they are allowed to sell GM products, Mkindi and his allies maintain. (pulitzercenter.org)
Many small-scale farmers are suspicious of genetically-modified seed, but may plant it anyway when it's offered for free. (ipsnews.net)
The farmers learn to plant seasonal crops that will provide their families both with food security and an opportunity to generate income by selling their produce at local markets. (ipsnews.net)
Rural farmers are often lured into planting GM seeds by the Department of Agriculture by promises of substantial bank loans and the prospect of huge earnings, agrees Lesley Liddell, director of Biowatch, an NGO promoting alternatives to GMO farming by encouraging farmers to inter-crop, use natural fertilisers and non-chemical crops. (ipsnews.net)
But in the end, most farmers end up in huge debt, because they can't save seeds and are obliged to buy the matching GM fertilisers and pesticides. (ipsnews.net)
Yet, small-scale farmers are often so desperate for financial support that they consider planting GMO crops against better knowledge if they are offered the seeds for free. (ipsnews.net)
The adoption of GM crops in SA has increased over the last ten years and this has also filtered down to small-scale farmers,' confirms Priscilla Sehoole, chief communications officer of the national Department of Agriculture. (ipsnews.net)
And to make matters worse for farmers, the company that distributed the GM seeds went bankrupt - which prevents them from receiving compensation. (newsvoice.se)
Hopefully, help is on the way for the Philippines's initiatives to raise farmers' economic status and put more food on as many Filipinos' table as possible, and compete in the global market for GM products, as well. (businessmirror.com.ph)
Farmers are spraying more herbicides because that is precisely what the crops are created for - to allow for being doused with chemicals that kill competing weeds and still allow the plant to live. (earthisland.org)
It's too bad the text of Lynas' speech doesn't come with citations, because I would love a source for his contention that GM technologies have benefitted farmers by requiring fewer inputs. (earthisland.org)
A study published in the journal Science on Thursday, April 1, 2021 finds that farmers in the U.S. are using smaller amounts of better targeted pesticides, but these are harming pollinators, aquatic insects and some plants far more than decades ago. (phys.org)
American farmers are using smaller amounts of better targeted pesticides, but these are harming pollinators, aquatic insects and some plants far more than decades ago, a new study finds. (phys.org)

MON810 maize is currently the only GM crop cultivated in the EU. (iasvn.org)
The latest, most comprehensive research, funded by the European Commission, examined in detail the issues for scientific value, design and interpretation of animal feeding trials for periods from 90 days to 2 years for the safety evaluation of GM maize. (idw-online.de)
No health risks, including no carcinogenicity, were found for the GM maize tested, reaffirming the conclusions of previous risk assessments. (idw-online.de)
1. Based on previous steps of the risk assessment it was not possible to propose a science-based hypothesis for tailoring the design of animal feeding studies for GM maize. (idw-online.de)
The story began in November 2001, when Chapela, an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Quist, his postdoc, published a paper in Nature reporting that a 'promoter' sequence from transgenic crops was present in native Mexican maize, and had fragmented throughout the genome. (gmwatch.org)
It was a provocative finding, as Mexico is the world's centre of genetic diversity for maize, and operates a moratorium on commercial GM planting. (gmwatch.org)
Are hybrid maize seeds being promoted to pave the way for GM maize? (org.in)
South Africa is the only country within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to grow GM crops - maize, cotton and soya - commercially. (ipsnews.net)

Meanwhile, the ministry has revealed that eight companies and institutes are illegally producing or researching GM seeds. (non-gmoreport.com)
China, a ripe market for GM crop sellers, has not yet decided on its regulatory position towards genetically altered seeds. (chinadialogue.net)
Information on seed packaging indicated that most of the illegal GM corn seeds were produced in the northwestern provinces of Gansu and Xinjiang - both important seed production centres. (chinadialogue.net)
One of the patent holders, US hybrid seed producer DuPont Pioneer, said in response to a Reuters enquiry that the company would not breach Chinese law by selling GM seeds and that it was unable to speculate on the source of the seeds. (chinadialogue.net)
Plant breeding began when early humans saved seeds and planted them. (jrank.org)
The first commercial GM canola seeds were then sown in the southern autumn. (slowfood.com)
There were also substantially less weed seeds present in the GM crops. (cbgnetwork.org)
She decided not to plant genetically modified seeds because she has heard that they cannot be saved for the next season and will eventually deplete her soil. (ipsnews.net)
The Department makes very attractive offers to provide farming equipment, water piping and seeds, but then uses this as a strategy to push GMO because of agreements they have signed with multinational GM seed patent holders,' says Vezi. (ipsnews.net)
I know that GMO is not good in the long run, but if someone gave me these seeds I would still plant them,' says Tholani Bhengu, another small-scale farmer who works with the Valley Trust. (ipsnews.net)
As the fertile period for plantations is already half over, it's too late to plant new seeds. (newsvoice.se)

Until now the government has persistently claimed the results would bring an end to the debate on whether biotechnology and GM crops threatened the environment. (tripod.com)
The training was part of a series of programs designed for editors and journalists to build on their understanding of biotechnology, Ghana's biosafety regulatory system, and the implications for food security and economic growth as the country gears up for GM crops commercialization . (isaaa.org)
Of the many elusive grails of agricultural biotechnology, the ability to confer nitrogen fixation into non-leguminous plants such as cereals ranks near the very top. (iasvn.org)
The booklet discusses in detail and in simple language agricultural biotechnology as it compares with conventional breeding, the agricultural biotechnology tools used in crops such as tissue culture and micropropagation, molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection, and genetic engineering and GM crops. (isaaa.org)
Pocket Ks are Pockets of Knowledge, packaged information on crop biotechnology products and related issues available at your fingertips. (isaaa.org)
Plant Biotechnology Journal. (msu.edu)
To introduce the techniques used in Plant Biotechnology, discuss their applications in Crop Production and Protection, and consider public debate over GM plants. (bath.ac.uk)
describe and explain the role that biotechnology and recombinant DNA techniques play in the development of novel plants and crop production methods. (bath.ac.uk)
The socioeconomics of Plant Biotechnology and the debate over the deployment of GM crops are discussed. (bath.ac.uk)
Practical sessions provide experience in the use of tissue culture and transformation techniques in the study of Plant Development and Biotechnology. (bath.ac.uk)
It is also proof, were any needed, that biotechnology could be harnessed to create weapons that attack crops (see page 4). (dhushara.com)
Noting absence of proper regulatory mechanism for GM crops, the committee has recommended formation of Bio safety authority in place of a biotechnology regulatory legislation. (cseindia.org)
The ministry of Science and Technology had proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill in 2011 which had provision of a body which can single handedly clear GM crops in India. (cseindia.org)
In Photo: Agriculture experts and advocates of modern biotechnology pose for posterity during a seminar on plant-breeding innovations and updates on modern biotechnology organized by the Department of Science and Technology's The National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines. (businessmirror.com.ph)

Two GM corn and four GM cotton varieties were confiscated and fines were levied. (non-gmoreport.com)
The GM cotton and products derived from it may enter general commerce, including use in human food and animal feed . (isaaa.org)
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved the use in food of material derived from this GM cotton. (isaaa.org)
The four major GM crops are corn, canola, soy and cotton. (cban.ca)
Currently, the country permits commercial planting of only two GM crops, cotton and papaya. (chinadialogue.net)
Cotton is a valuable crop because only about 10% of the raw weight is lost in processing. (apparelsearch.com)
There is archaeological evidence that people in South America and India domesticated independently different species of the cotton plant thousands of years ago. (apparelsearch.com)
Today cotton is produced in many parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Australia, using cotton plants that have been selectively bred so that each plant grows more fiber. (apparelsearch.com)
Most cotton is harvested mechanically, either by a cotton picker, a machine that removes the cotton from the boll without damaging the cotton plant, or by a cotton stripper which strips the entire boll off the plant. (apparelsearch.com)
Cotton is a perennial crop in the tropics and without defoliation or freezing, the plant will continue to grow. (apparelsearch.com)
GM cotton was developed to reduce the heavy reliance on pesticides. (apparelsearch.com)
GM cotton is widely used throughout the world with claims of requiring up to 80% less pesticide than ordinary cotton. (apparelsearch.com)
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) said that worldwide GM cotton was planted on an area of 67,000 km in 2002. (apparelsearch.com)
This is 20% of the worldwide total area planted in cotton. (apparelsearch.com)
The US cotton crop was 73% GM in 2003. (apparelsearch.com)
The government in Queensland has always supported GM and the state has extensive plantings of GM cotton. (slowfood.com)
This was rolled over into Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Standard 1.5.2 that strictly prohibited the sale of GM foods unless they are one of the 33 approved and listed GM foods, including corn, cotton seed, soy, potato, canola or sugar beet. (slowfood.com)
Foods made with genetically modified ingredients that have been 'highly refined', as defined by the standard, such as GM cotton seed oil, GM canola oil and GM corn syrup do not need to be labelled as GM. (slowfood.com)
So milk from a cow that is fed GM cotton seed trash or one of the glyphosate tolerant lucernes will be in the fridge next to a carton of milk from cows that eat nothing but grass without any difference in packaging between the products. (slowfood.com)
As it is a close relative of cotton, most weedkillers that target it destroy the crop as well as the weed. (dhushara.com)
Perhaps Lynas missed all of the headlines about the epidemic of farmer suicides in India , where many genetically modified cotton growers have been driven to despair because the promised yields from GM cotton haven't matched increased seed costs - that is, the cost of their inputs. (earthisland.org)

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have passed a new law that will allow EU member states to restrict or ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops on their own territory, even if this is allowed at EU level. (iasvn.org)
First, 'genetic drift' can result in the pollution of nearby corn fields, threatening natural crop cultivation. (chinadialogue.net)
The methods by which this diversity of crops was achieved were little changed for many centuries, basically requiring observation, selection, and cultivation. (jrank.org)
Such research underlines how immensely difficult, if not impossible, it would be to contain the cultivation of GM oilseed rape and protect non-genetically engineered farming. (cbgnetwork.org)
Governments should refuse to even examine other applications for GM crop cultivation, because it would harm our environment, make organic and non-GM farming impossible, and because we still lack EU rules making the GMO industry liable for the damages. (cbgnetwork.org)
While welcoming the Belgian government's refusal to allow cultivation, both environmental organisations deplore the fact that, at the same time, the Belgian Government approved the crop for import and processing in Europe. (cbgnetwork.org)
The coalition has been opposing allowing GM crop cultivation in India. (cseindia.org)

In January 2021, the agriculture ministry also approved two new GM corn varieties for import, Bayer's MON87411, resistant to insects and glyphosate, and Syngenta's MZIR098 combatting rootworm. (non-gmoreport.com)
Disease- and drought-resistant plants that require fewer environmental resources (such as water and fertilizer) Less use of pesticides. (gowanusballroom.com)
All GM crops except the GM papaya and squash (virus resistant) are either herbicide tolerant and/or insect resistant. (cban.ca)
GM crops are plants whose DNA has been modified using genetic engineering techniques to make them more resistant to pests and herbicides. (chinadialogue.net)
Herbicide resistant crops, like Round Up Ready Soya and Corn reduce soil carbon, they do not conserve it. (countercurrents.org)
This is why Monsanto's attempt to use the climate negotiations to introduce Round Up and Round Up resistant crops as a climate solution is scientifically and ecologically wrong. (countercurrents.org)
The use of GM Bt crops has led to the development of "super insects" that have become resistant to Bt's insect-killing effects. (anh-usa.org)
There's no equivalent to our technology anywhere in the world A small startup on a moshav has come up with a way to immunize plants to make them genetically resistant to disease. (innovationtoronto.com)
This is especially important given that most GM crops (about 80 percent) are engineered to be herbicide resistant. (earthisland.org)

The results also show that GM crops interbred with the wild turnip weed, giving it resistance to herbicides and increasing the possibility of the unnatural evolution of superweeds. (tripod.com)
However, scientific research and real-world farming experience show that GM crops and foods have not delivered on their promises of increased yields or reduced toxic chemical inputs. (anh-usa.org)

To allow GM crops would be to risk injury to health and the environment, they argue. (pulitzercenter.org)
It also vindicates the larger public demand not to allow GM crops into our food and farming systems" said Sridhar Radhakrishnan, Convener of the Coalition. (cseindia.org)

The strains of GM corn that were found match those patented by agricultural bio-tech corporations, such as Monsanto, Syngenta, Dupont Pioneer and Dow. (chinadialogue.net)
According to Nature, "It then emerged that some Internet postings attacking Quist and Chapela had been made from computers at a public-relations firm retained by GM giant Monsanto of St Louis, Missouri. (gmwatch.org)
It then emerged that some Internet postings attacking Quist and Chapela had been made from computers at a public-relations firm retained by GM giant Monsanto of St Louis, Missouri. (gmwatch.org)
During recent years, the government of Hungary has destroyed several plantations of crops derived from Monsanto seed. (newsvoice.se)

This is because GM crops can be modified to allow more targeted use of herbicides and pesticides, provide more intrinsic pest resistance, and allow GM plants to compete more effectively against encroaching weeds. (gowanusballroom.com)
The spraying of crops with herbicide such as glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weed killer, has led to the development and spread of superweeds-weeds that adapt to and withstand the herbicide, resulting in yet more herbicide spraying. (anh-usa.org)
At best, 40 per cent of crops can be expected to be lost to weeds, disease and insects, and increased use of agrochemicals will exacerbate environmental problems. (newscientist.com)
Independent scientists found that bees and butterflies were less abundant in the GM crops than in non-GM crops due to a lack of weeds and wild plants. (cbgnetwork.org)

This unit introduces the techniques and targets of plant Genetic Modification and provides background to conventional agricultural practices against which to judge this new technology. (bath.ac.uk)
A shopper could buy a tub of margarine made entirely from GM canola without a single word about genetic modification appearing anywhere on the packaging. (slowfood.com)
This is exactly the kind of unexpected consequence of a genetic modification that opponents of GM have been warning about, although the case also shows that such effects can be detected at an early stage. (dhushara.com)

Given the grave lack of current oversight, China should postpone commercialisation of GM grain crops, particularly corn, soybeans and rice," said Li Yifang, Greenpeace's head of food and agriculture campaigns at a Greenpeace press conference on January 6. (chinadialogue.net)
This area is sought after by Southeast Asian buyers due to the superior quality of the soybeans," said Gene Leach, crop production specialist at SK Food International. (non-gmoreport.com)

Trials, such as those that have taken place at Munlochy on the Black Isle and fields at the Scottish Agricultural College at Aberdeen, were designed to look at the affects of pesticide use on GM and non-GM crops, and not the possibility of gene transfer. (tripod.com)
Furthermore, the EEA defines a biopesticide as a pesticide in which "the active ingredient is a virus, fungus, or bacteria, or a natural product derived from a plant source. (wikipedia.org)
The GM Crop Manual is a complementary publication to The Manual of Biocontrol Agents (fifth edition) and The Pesticide Manual (now in its 16th edition). (bcpc.org)
Applied pesticide toxicity shifts toward plants and invertebrates, even in GM crops," Science (2021). (phys.org)

Germany and Sweden stopped plantings of a GM potato Amflora as BASF took this GM potato off the market and halted all applications for GM potato approvals in Europe. (cban.ca)
Read the papers and you'd think that 2008 was the year Australia went GM with the first commercial plantings of GM canola. (slowfood.com)
The plantings of GM canola were in no way out of the blue. (slowfood.com)
First, the contention that plantings of genetically engineered crops have led to a decreased insecticide usage. (earthisland.org)
A peer-reviewed study published last year in Environmental Sciences Europe found that GM plantings in the United States led to a 7 percent increase in chemical spraying. (earthisland.org)

Globally, the use of glyphosate, an herbicide that has been identified as a potential cause of cancer and is linked to other diseases including liver and kidney disease, has increased 15-fold since the introduction of GM glyphosate-tolerant crops. (anh-usa.org)

Some benefits of genetic engineering in agriculture are increased crop yields, reduced costs for food or drug production, reduced need for pesticides, enhanced nutrient composition and food quality, resistance to pests and disease, greater food security, and medical benefits to the world's growing population. (gowanusballroom.com)
9 countries grow 97% of world's GM crops. (cban.ca)
U.S., Brazil, Argentina grow 76.3% of the world's GM crops. (cban.ca)

The area planted with genetically modified crops globally declined for the first time in 2015. (nature.com)

What are 2 advantages and disadvantages to using GM crops? (gowanusballroom.com)
Genetically modified crops have their advantages and disadvantages. (ipl.org)

The GM corn crops in Liaoning are therefore illegal. (chinadialogue.net)
According to the Minister of Rural Development Lajos Bognar, around 500 hectares of corn crops were burned this week - equivalent to five million square meters. (newsvoice.se)

The new variety was developed by Embrapa (the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) for resistance to the golden mosaic virus and is already just waiting for commercial authorization from CTNBio (National Biosafety Technical Commission, the official body responsible for evaluating and authorizing GM crops). (bibliotecapleyades.net)
Plant defensins also have been tested as biotechnological tools to improve crop production through fungi resistance generation in organisms genetically modified (OGM). (frontiersin.org)
Introducing toxins into a plant through herbicide resistance or Bt. (countercurrents.org)
There are currently two predominant applications of genetic engineering: one is herbicide resistance, the other is crops with Bt. (countercurrents.org)
This process can be used repeatedly to generate plants with multiple disease resistance, combined with other desirable characters. (jrank.org)
Agrobacterium cells with a genetically-modified plasmid, containing a gene for the desired trait and a marker gene, usually conferring antibiotic resistance, are incubated with protoplasts or small pieces of plant tissue. (jrank.org)
Current research in the Grumet lab focuses on fruit development and disease resistance in Cucumis (cucumber and melon) crops using a combination of molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches. (msu.edu)
R. Grumet is also the lead PI for the USDA-SCRI CucCAP project: CucCAP: Leveraging applied genomics to increase disease resistance in cucurbit crops ( https://cuccap.org/ ). (msu.edu)
The CucCAP project: leveraging applied genomics to improve disease resistance in cucurbit crops. (msu.edu)
Our findings indicate an epigenetic basis of Hg resistance and reveal an antagonistic relationship between Hg and Zn, providing new hints towards Hg detoxification in plants. (bvsalud.org)

Genetically modified crops are safer than conventional ones as they go through very rigorous tests and processes over many years before they are released onto the market, a biosafety and environmentalist research scientist at the Crop Research Institute of Ghana's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has said. (isaaa.org)
Under Tanzania's biosafety regulations, though, developers of GM crops could be held liable for negative effects claimed in connection with them. (pulitzercenter.org)

He cited experiments run by Embrapa over an eight-year period that showed considerable success in controlling the bean plant mosaic virus through organic farming methods and without any loss of productivity. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
25 000 on a review of research into the role of bees in organic farming and gene transfer from GM crops. (newscientist.com)
Scientists say amending an EU directive on GMOs could help stimulate innovation in making cheaper vaccines, pharmaceuticals and organic plastics using plants. (innovationtoronto.com)
Whoever introduces GM crops should be responsible for whatever happens on the ground," said Abdallah Mkindi, Coordinator of Tanzania Alliance for Biodiversity, a 19-member organization of environmental and organic farming groups. (pulitzercenter.org)

Luo Yunbo, head of the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at the China Agricultural University and an advocate of GM crops, declined to comment, telling chinadialogue he had not seen the Greenpeace report. (chinadialogue.net)
It cannot be assumed that the crops are free of defect just because millions have consumed GM food. (i-sis.org.uk)
GM food has not been labelled in the market, and no effort has been made to trace the impact of consuming such food. (i-sis.org.uk)
The false claim of higher food production has been dislodged by a recent study titled, Failure to Yield by Dr. Doug Gurian Sherman of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who was former biotech specialist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and former adviser on GM to the U.S Food and Drug Administration. (countercurrents.org)
In a recent article titled, "GM: Food for Thought" (Deccan Chronicle, August 26, 2009), Dr. M.S. Swaminathan wrote "we can isolate a gene responsible for conferring drought tolerance, introduce that gene into a plant, and make it drought tolerant. (countercurrents.org)
The cultural change from living as nomadic hunter-gatherers, to living in more settled communities, depended on the ability to cultivate plants for food. (jrank.org)
In 1992, a tomato with delayed ripening became the first genetically-modified (GM) commercial food crop. (jrank.org)
If other countries follow the examples of Russia and France it could be a severe blow to the major US biotech.In California, activists are fighting to have GM products removed from the food supply. (rt.com)
Genetically modified (GM) crops and food have aroused controversy in Europe. (idw-online.de)
Agribiotech companies have largely saturated the North American market, and face a bleak future in Europe thanks to consumer opposition and the imminent introduction of strict labelling for GM food. (gmwatch.org)
GM Crops and Food. (msu.edu)
In 1999 a specific food standard, A -18, came into effect, banning the sale of GM food unless certain conditions were met. (slowfood.com)
With so much uncertainty about foods in the market place big food companies such as Goodman Fielder, bakers of bread and makers of margarine, have very publicly reassured an uneasy public that they do not and will not use GM foods in a letter to all state ministers of agriculture. (slowfood.com)
Supermarket chains, sensing customers' concerns over food provenance, have made very public announcements on GM foods. (slowfood.com)
As most food manufacturing occurs in these two states, unlabelled GM derived foods will spread nationally even into the states with GM planting bans. (slowfood.com)
WITH the world population continuing to grow rapidly, the search is on for new lands suitable for vital food crops. (newscientist.com)
Rooker replied that the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is funding a £950 000 project at the Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted, to investigate the interactions between insects and plants. (newscientist.com)
The recent revelation of a toxic gene lurking in genetically modified (GM) crops underscores the failure of food approval regulators to protect the public - again. (wakeup-world.com)
The study reveals that 54 of the 86 GM plants in the US authorized for commercial growing and food contain the dangerous gene. (wakeup-world.com)
GM food labeling has already been made mandatory in India. (cseindia.org)
The same goes for some land plants and for aquatic invertebrates including dragonflies and mayflies, which birds and mammals eat, he said, adding that future studies should look at the harm higher up the food chain. (phys.org)

They are obtained from organisms including plants, bacteria and other microbes, fungi, nematodes, etc.[page needed] They are components of integrated pest management (IPM) programmes, and have received much practical attention as substitutes to synthetic chemical plant protection products (PPPs). (wikipedia.org)
From there, many plant defensins have been reported and studies on this class of peptides encompass its activity toward microorganisms and molecular features of the mechanism of action against bacteria and fungi. (frontiersin.org)
Its low effective concentration towards fungi, ranging from 0.1 to 10 μM and its safety to mammals and birds makes them a better choice, in place of chemicals, to control fungi infection on crop fields. (frontiersin.org)
Airborne spores and other fungi particles are ubiquitous in nonpolar landscapes, especially among field crops, and often form the bulk of suspended biogenic debris. (medscape.com)

It was simultaneously a bitter ideological feud among biologists at a single US university and a flashpoint between the agribiotech industry and anti-GM activists over the acceptability of transgenic crops in the developing world which is becoming a key battleground. (gmwatch.org)
Industry and activists have expressed conflicting opinions on GM crops. (org.in)
Coalition for GM free India, an all India group of activists, which have been opposing GM crops in India welcomed the report found it a well timed one. (cseindia.org)

The results, which come from the trials of GM technology carried out under government supervision, could compromise plans to grow the crops commercially. (tripod.com)

GM technology involves the insertion of a specific single gene aimed at enabling plants to cope with problems such as aridity, salinity or fungal disease. (newscientist.com)
Beyond drought, local scientists say this basic crop also is threatened by climate change, disease and pests. (pulitzercenter.org)
The disease can destroy an entire crop. (pulitzercenter.org)
In Uganda, for example, scientists are making headway in trials of GM bananas that resist a destructive wilt disease. (pulitzercenter.org)

Because seed is spilt at harvest new GM plants grow in the next crops, leading to further dangers of cross-contamination. (tripod.com)
GM contamination was also found in that sample," he said. (chinadialogue.net)
One big advantage to having dedicated non-GMO production areas is that they would reduce the likelihood of cross pollination and contamination from GM corn fields. (non-gmoreport.com)

With the increasing acreage of genetically modified crops worldwide, rapid and efficient detection technologies have become very important for the regulation and screening of GM organisms. (bvsalud.org)
Genetic engineering can be done with plants, animals, or bacteria and other very small organisms. (medlineplus.gov)

Last month it was revealed that a major UK government review of GM crops, to be published in the middle of next year, will not include the results of the controversial field trials, causing campaigners to question why the trials went ahead in the first place and accuse the government of bowing to corporate pressure. (tripod.com)
The CSIR is currently undertaking field trials for GM rice and cowpea.Plans are at an advanced stage for environmental release application of cowpea in the year 2018-19. (isaaa.org)
Their advice followed the largest GM field scale trials to date (in the UK), which concluded that growing GM oilseed rape would be worse for wildlife than growing the conventional crop (1). (cbgnetwork.org)
The largest trials to date of oilseed rape were recently conducted in the UK and concluded that growing GM oilseed rape would be worse for the environment. (cbgnetwork.org)
Under current government regulations, though, Tanzanian scientists cannot conduct field trials with GM plants. (pulitzercenter.org)
This report vindicates the concerns and positions taken by many State Governments in India, such as Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh etc which have disallowed GM crops, including field trials. (cseindia.org)

Plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) incorporate genetic material from other species (i.e. (wikipedia.org)
The out crossing of GM crops to non-GM crops or related wild type species and the adventitious mixing of GM and non-GM crops has led to a variety of issues. (gowanusballroom.com)
Selected Recent refereed publications Faltin Z, Holland D, Velcheva M, Tsapovetsky M, Roeckel-Drevet P, Handa AK, Abu-Abied M, Friedman-Einat M, Eshdat Y, Perl A. (2010) Glutathione peroxidase regulation of reactive oxygen species level is crucial for in vitro plant differentiation. (purdue.edu)
Today, there are literally thousands of different cultivated varieties (cultivars) of individual species of crop plants. (jrank.org)
Many plant species have been transformed by this procedure, which is most useful for dicotyledonous plants. (jrank.org)
In theory, diseases are ideal for biocontrol, because many infect just one plant species. (dhushara.com)

The 1% decline - the first in the technology's 20-year global commercial history - was primarily due to an overall decrease in both GM and non-GM crops caused by low commodity prices, says the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), a non-profit biotech industry group that tracks GM crops. (nature.com)
At the beginning of the year two state governments, Victoria, then New South Wales, lifted bans on growing commercial GM crops. (slowfood.com)
Bans on planting commercial GM crops have been retained in South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. (slowfood.com)
The committees had approved the commercial release of BT brinjal and are in a process of assessing various other plants of medicnal importance. (cseindia.org)
Nonetheless, he cited the urgency of the legislation as he hammered on the 65-month-long process in completing the requirements for GM products' commercial release in the country. (businessmirror.com.ph)

More GM crop types are anticipated because gene-editing methods, including the very popular CRISPR-Cas9 are increasingly being used to engineer crops with new traits. (nature.com)
This involves selecting plants or animals with desired traits and breeding them. (medlineplus.gov)

renamed these peptides as "plant defensins," after comparing their structural and functional resemblance to previously characterized AMPs found in insects and mammals. (frontiersin.org)
I asked the agriculture minister Geoff Rooker what research his ministry is supporting on transgenic plants and their effect on insects. (newscientist.com)
The work will underpin research funded by the European Union and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which is investigating interactions between GM crops and beneficial insects. (newscientist.com)

Indeed, some critics had clashed with Chapela and Quist over the pair's opposition to Berkeley's controversial deal with Syngenta, which gives the Swiss-based agribiotech firm privileged access to the findings of the university's plant scientists. (gmwatch.org)
As the research was conducted by independent experts rather than scientists critical of GM crops, the findings are particularly powerful. (wakeup-world.com)
Tension over that question is tearing at the country, with scientists insisting the answer should be "yes," while GM foes say, "No way! (pulitzercenter.org)
GM technology offers an eventual solution to that problem too, scientists say. (pulitzercenter.org)
German scientists examined 381 pesticides used in the United States between 1992 and 2016, combining EPA data that calculates toxic dosage effects for eight types of animals and plants with U.S. Geological Survey data on how much of the chemicals were used year by year for dozens of agricultural crops. (phys.org)
Scientists take the gene for a desired trait in one plant or animal, and they insert that gene into a cell of another plant or animal. (medlineplus.gov)

10 million hectare increase in GM crops globally in 2012 over a 12m increase in 2011 and 14m in 2010, while growth in 2009 was at 9m hectares. (cban.ca)

At the Crop Research Institute, we are doing research on GMOs but we are not letting go of the conventional," he said. (isaaa.org)

Thus the regulatory approval of GM crops is based on the false assumption that synonymous mutations are neutral, and hence illegitimate. (i-sis.org.uk)
The current GM regulatory and oversight system is terribly flawed, putting the public health at risk. (wakeup-world.com)
The standing committee report exposes the serious gaps in our country's GM regulatory system and the lopsided GM technology promotion policies of the government," said Neha Saigal, Sustainable Agriculture campaigner, Greenpeace India. (cseindia.org)

There are no commercialized GM crops that inherently increase yield. (countercurrents.org)

The Chinese government has never allowed domestic planting of GM corn and soybean varieties, but it is nearing approval of two modified crops. (non-gmoreport.com)
In the aftermath of the new revelation, critics are declaring the GM approval process to be fatally flawed and asserting that the crops involved should be recalled. (wakeup-world.com)
He explains that the failure of the approval system to discover the viral gene is what happens in the absence of independent scrutiny of GM crops. (wakeup-world.com)
The report covers wide range of issues like approval of Bt brinjal and regulations for genetically modified (GM) crops in India. (cseindia.org)

ISAAA provides numbers in million of hectares - CBAN has calculated these numbers as the percent of global GM hectares. (cban.ca)
All 19 other countries growing GM crops grow less than 1% of the global hectares each. (cban.ca)
Global GM crop hectares rose in 2012 (to a total of 170.3 million hectares), but at a lower rate (6%) than that of the past two years. (cban.ca)
Canada has the second biggest rate of increase in GM crop hectares from last year, after Brazil. (cban.ca)

In synthesizing transgenes for GM crops, say, a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cry toxin gene, a table of plant preferred codons is used to substitute for the bacterial codons [3]. (i-sis.org.uk)
GM Bt crops have been genetically engineered to produce insect-killing Bacillus thuringienisis (Bt) toxins in their cells so that pests that eat the plants will die. (anh-usa.org)

only coined the term "plant defensin," after comparison of a new class of plant antifungal peptides with known insect defensins. (frontiersin.org)

The National Institute for Agricultural Botany at Cambridge says current safety margins of 50 metres between GM crops and normal crops are not acceptable. (tripod.com)
GM corn and GM corn products are already on the market in China, ending up on dinner tables around the country, in direct violation of national agricultural laws. (chinadialogue.net)

Two methods have been developed for direct gene transfer into plant cells-electroporation and biolistics. (jrank.org)
The hope is that such a gene transfer will make it possible to reduce the use of agrochemicals, develop plants for animal feed that is free from these chemicals, and grow plants that produce drugs. (newscientist.com)

Total area sown with genetically modified plants fell 1% in 2015. (nature.com)
These are the sort of imperatives driving the search for genetically modified plants. (newscientist.com)

Plants are constantly exposed to several pests and pathogens in nature. (frontiersin.org)

Plant cells that have been transformed by the plasmid can be selected on media containing the antibiotic, and then cultured to generate new, transgenic plants. (jrank.org)
I fail to see why MAFF is not funding any specific work on the production of nectar and pollen by transgenic plants. (newscientist.com)

The synonymous codons were assumed to be neutral and to have no effect on the transgenic proteins, and presumed to be safe [2] ( Bt Toxins in Genetically Modified Crops: Regulation by Deceit , SiS 22). (i-sis.org.uk)

This year saw the publication of drafts of the entire rice genome6, 7, plus finished versions of two of its 12 chromosomes8, 9, and GM proponents are full of ideas for how the crop could be improved. (gmwatch.org)
Moreover, Hg concentration was effectively decreased by exogenous application of Zn in Hg-stressed rice plants. (bvsalud.org)

Sometimes, it is necessary to substitute one or more of the amino acids (non-synonomously) so that the final cry toxin can function in the plant cell environment [4]. (i-sis.org.uk)
Monsanto's GMOs, which are either Round Up Ready crops or Bt toxin crops do not conserve resources. (countercurrents.org)

Another year, another controversy: that was the story in the perennially contentious area of genetically modified (GM) crops. (gmwatch.org)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states that biopesticides "are certain types of pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals, and currently, there are 299 registered biopesticide active ingredients and 1401 active biopesticide product registrations. (wikipedia.org)
Doing so is a huge challenge because legumes partner with bacteria called rhizobia in a symbiotic waltz that enables plants to draw sustenance from the air and transcend the need for environmentally harmful chemical fertilizers. (iasvn.org)
Agrobacterium tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes are soil bacteria that infect plant roots, causing crown gall or "hairy roots" diseases. (jrank.org)

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