Imagine stepping outside at night and being greeted by softly glowing leaves and flowers, casting an ethereal light over your ...

Hoping to stave off a global health crisis, scientists are breeding a new generation of crops that suck the mineral, which ...

Johns Hopkins scientists say the innovation could bring 'new fruits, foods, and flavors' to an expanded global agricultural ...

The genetic duplicates, or paralogs, played a crucial role in shaping traits such as flowering time, fruit size, and shape.

A breeder can thus quickly evaluate the plants that are produced and then select those that best express the desired trait. Producing new varieties of crops through genetic engineering takes about ...

A majority of EU member states have spoken out in favour of less stringent genetic engineering rules, the EU Council ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Nanoparticles have been used to deliver genetic material into plants via their roots, potentially accelerating crop improvement. This method involves coating ...

This combined with their high biomass makes them the most prolific plant for pharmaceutical production.     It may be indigenous to the Americas and Australia, but it is a resilient plant and can be ...

“Conventional genetic engineering can be compared to open-chest surgery ... common sense approach concerning the development and authorization of genome-edited plants: First, the risk of uncontrolled ...

where it’s harder to manipulate plants and the soil they grow in. “The only thing we can do in forests and grasslands is bring down CO 2.” Gleadow agrees, arguing that genetic engineering alone can’t ...

Risks of genetic engineering: Transfer of the selected gene ... Pollen produced by the plants could be toxic and harm insects that transfer it between plants. Scientists have added a gene to ...