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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, GMO's, Genes /Genetics,

Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory

‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You can ask: What do you want? And then I can transform the soil into something you need. At least, that is what we thought.’

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Food/Nutrition, GMO's, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, Ag North America,

Protein from the prairies: the global potential of Canadian crops

Canada looks set to play a vital role in the plant-based food revolution, helping to diversify the world’s protein supply for decades to come Like many food growers and producers globally, Canada is preparing itself for a major change in consumer behaviour that will produce nothing less than a revolution in the way the world produces and consumes food.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Crop Diseases, Potatoes, Genes /Genetics,

MSU researchers breeding beetle-resistant potato varieties

Potato farmers face many challenges. One tiny, yet devastating, pest is the Colorado potato beetle. It can cause immense damage to potato crops. It’s also notorious for becoming resistant to …

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Genes /Genetics, Ag Innovation,

Glow-in-the-dark plants could act as passive lighting for public spaces

A decent chunk of energy usage goes towards lighting, so scientists at MIT are developing a new kind of passive lighting – glow-in-the-dark plants. In the latest experiment, the team has made them glow much brighter than the first generation plants, without harming their health.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Agriculture Global, GMO's, World Hunger, Ag Africa,

GMO eggplant is documented win for resource-poor farmers - Alliance for Science

Insect-resistant brinjal, or eggplant, is arguably the most impactful project to bring agricultural biotechnology to resource-poor farmers. Studies show that Bangladesh farmers, who began growing Bt brinjal commercially in 2014, have enjoyed a sizable increase in income, a receptive market and significantly reduced pesticide use. It is now on its way to commercialization in the […]

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Topics: GMO's,

Is it ok to eat GMO foods? Scientists say 'yes.'

Genetically modified, or bioengineered, food is getting a new label from the FDA. This is the science that goes into making and testing them.

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, GMO's,

Is it ok to eat GMO foods? Scientists say 'yes.'

Genetically modified, or bioengineered, food is getting a new label from the FDA. This is the science that goes into making and testing them.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Safety (Farm/Production),

Top scientist urges Kenya to take new approach to regulating gene editing crops - Alliance for Science

Subjecting Kenya’s gene-edited crops to the same regulations as those developed through genetic modification could unnecessarily slow their release to farmers and consumers, warned the director of the East Africa Hub of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Leena Tripathi said edited crops with no foreign gene added should not be treated like genetically […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, GMO's, Research, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Fertilizer, Genes /Genetics,

Scientists discover hormonal regulatory module for root elongation

In the future, agricultural crop production will have to manage with less and less nitrogen fertilisation. The goal must therefore be to increase...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Wheat, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics,

Government gives green light to genome-edited wheat trial

BBSRC funded UK research institute, Rothamsted Research, has been granted permission by Defra to run a series of field trials of wheat that has been genome edited.

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