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Development of transgenic wheat plants withstand salt stress via the MDAR1 gene. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Mohamed Abdelsattar,Ahmed M Ramadan,Amin E Eltayeb,Osama M Saleh,Fatthy M Abdel-Tawab,Eman M Fahmy,Sameh E Hassanein,Hani M Ali,Najla B S Al-Saud,Hussien F Alameldin,Sabah M Hassan,Nermin G Mohamed,Ahmed Z Abdel Azeiz,Ahmed Bahieldin,Hala F Eissa
In light of the fact that climate change has emerged as one of the difficulties confronting the global food system, researchers are obligated to work toward developing fundamental crops, particularly wheat, to combat environmental stress, including drought and salt. In the present study, genetic engineering was used to transfer the Arabidopsis MDAR1 gene, which controls the buildup of ascorbic acid
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CRISPR-Cas9-mediated editing of ZmPL1 gene improves tolerance to drought stress in maize. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Chunlai Wang,Yangyang Zhou,Yimeng Wang,Peng Jiao,Siyan Liu,Shuyang Guan,Yiyong Ma
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a widely grown food crop around the world. Drought stress seriously affects the growth and development process of plants and causes serious damage to maize yield. In the early stage, our research group conducted transcriptome sequencing analysis on the drought-resistant maize inbred line H8186 and screened out a gene with significantly down-regulated expression, Phylloplanin-like
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Public knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions toward genetically modified foods in Lebanon. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-15 Hussein F Hassan,Hasan Yassine,Ahlam Chaaban,Ahmad Chehaitly,Zeinab Skaineh,Nagham Cherri,Sahar Moussawi,Nour Baytamouni,Philippe Hussein Kobeissy,Hani Dimassi,José-Noel Ibrahim
Genetically modified foods (GMFs) have garnered significant attention due to their implications for health, agriculture, and food security. Understanding knowledge and perceptions of GMFs is essential, as these factors influence acceptance and attitudes. This study, the first of its kind in Lebanon, aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding GMFs and to explore their association
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ClaPEPCK4: target gene for breeding innovative watermelon germplasm with low malic acid and high sweetness. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-14 Congji Yang,Jiale Shi,Yuanyuan Qin,ShengQi Hua,Jiancheng Bao,Xueyan Liu,Yuqi Peng,Yige Gu,Wei Dong
Malic acid markedly affects watermelon flavor. Reducing the malic acid content can significantly increase the sweetness of watermelon. An effective solution strategy is to reduce watermelon malic acid content through molecular breeding technology. In this study, we measured the TSS and pH of six watermelon varieties at four growth nodes. The TSS content was very low at 10 DAP and accumulated rapidly
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Expected profitability, independence, and risk assessment of small farmers in the wave of GM crop collectivization--evidence from Xinjiang and Guangdong. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Yu Pang,Helin Zou,Chunchun Jia,Chao Gu
As a longstanding and indispensable part of developing countries, small farmers face challenges brought by the dissemination of GM technology. Despite governments' efforts to promote collective cultivation of GM crops through top-down policies aimed at enhancing small farmers' production efficiency and market competitiveness, actual participation rates among small farmers in many developing countries
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Distribution status of genetically modified soybeans from the United States and Canada to Japan in 2021 and 2022. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-26 Keisuke Soga,Yu Hashimoto,Tomohiro Egi,Chie Taguchi,Satoko Yoshiba,Norihito Shibata,Kazunari Kondo,Reona Takabatake
The number of authorized genetically modified (GM) soybeans has increased worldwide. In Japan, 34 GM soybeans containing single events and their stacked varieties have been approved as food. However, not all approved GM events are commercially cultivated or distributed. In this study, we evaluated domestically distributed samples from the United States (US) and Canada using 17 event-specific detection
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Research and developmental strategies to hasten the improvement of orphan crops. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 Ufuoma Akpojotor,Olubusayo Oluwole,Olaniyi Oyatomi,Rajneesh Paliwal,Michael Abberton
To feed the world's expanding population, crop breeders need to increase agricultural productivity and expand major crops base. Orphan crops are indigenously important crops with great potential because they are climate resilient, highly nutritious, contain nutraceutical compounds, and can improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers and consumers, but they have received little or no scientific attention
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ZmNF-YB10, a maize NF-Y transcription factor, positively regulates drought and salt stress response in Arabidopsis thaliana. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 Yimeng Wang,Peng Jiao,Chenyang Wu,Chunlai Wang,Ke Shi,Xiaoqi Gao,Shuyan Guan,Yiyong Ma
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major food and feed crop and an important raw material for energy, chemicals, and livestock. The NF-Y family of transcription factors in maize plays a crucial role in the regulation of plant development and response to environmental stress. In this study, we successfully cloned and characterized the maize NF-Y transcription factor gene ZmNF-YB10. We used bioinformatics, quantitative
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Impacts of accelerating agricultural R&D transfer on global food security. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-09 Yan Jin,Zuzana Smeets Kristkova,Maximilian Kardung,Justus Wesseler
Postponing the adoption of genome editing (GE) is costly, with lengthy regulatory processes contributing to postponement. Accelerating agricultural research and development (R&D) transfer is important for stimulating sustainable agricultural transitions and enhancing global food security. Using the MAGNET model, we incorporate dynamic R&D accumulation and compare economic projections in scenarios with
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Gender integration of agricultural innovation: implications for the genetically modified crop product development pipeline. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-07 Elizabeth Katz
We provide guidance on how to incorporate best practices around gender integration in the development of genetically improved crops by adapting a gender integration framework for conventional crop breeding to the GM product development pipeline, which places greater emphasis on the discovery and launch phases because the technical nature of the development process means fewer opportunities for farmer
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Growing knowledge impact of gene-editing technology on public acceptance: a longitudinal analysis in Japan. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-12-06 Atsushi Sato,Daiki Watanabe,Yoko Saito
Genome editing (GE) technology holds significant promise for advancements in crop development and medical applications. However, public acceptance of GE in Japan remains uncertain. This study aimed to examine how knowledge impacts public acceptance of GE technology, focusing on differences across diffusion stages and application purposes. Using ordinary least squares regression on repeated survey data
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Characterization of glyphosate-tolerant genetically modified eucalyptus. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-11-24 Antonio Carlos Mota Porto,José Mateus Wisniewski Gonsalves,Paula Aparecida Vieira,Matheus Perek,Diego da Costa Lima,Marcio Nagayschi,Thais Regina Drezza,Ana Cristina Pinheiro,Eduardo Jose de Mello,Dror Avisar,Rodrigo Neves Graca
Eucalyptus stands out as one of the most productive tree species for large-scale cultivation. However, like all cultivated crops, it requires specialized management practices, including the control of weeds, pathogens, and pests. Glyphosate is the most widely applied herbicide used in the essential weeding effort, and it ensures the sustainable management of eucalyptus cultivation in Brazil. Given
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Golden opportunities? How marketing expectations drive purchase intentions of golden rice in Bangladesh and the Philippines. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-11-18 Dilshad Zahan Ethen,Maimuna Begum,Berre Deltomme,Md Rasheduzzaman,Josefina F Ballesteros,Riza Abilgos-Ramos,Mohammad Jahangir Alam,Alice Onek Atimango,Hans De Steur
Golden Rice (GR), genetically modified (GM) rice enriched with provitamin A, holds promise to address micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries. However, its success hinges on market acceptance. This study investigates how the marketing aspects of GR influence consumers' purchase intentions in Bangladesh and the Philippines. The Expectation Confirmation Theory (ECT) is employed to analyze
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Does DNA extraction affect the specificity of a PCR method claiming the specific detectability of a genome-edited plant? GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-11-14 Sophia Edelmann,Christian Savini,Dominik Moor,Jörn Lämke,Kathrin Lieske,Marco Mazzara,Hendrik Emons,Joachim Mankertz,Christopher Weidner
Under current EU legislation, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and derived food and feed products must be authorized as GM food, feed, or seed and appropriate detection methods must be made available for use in official controls. A Real-Time PCR method has recently been published by Chhalliyil et al. claiming to be specific for the detection and identification of genome-edited oilseed rape (OSR)
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Risk assessment of homologous variants of biotech trait proteins using a bridging approach. GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-11-09 Cunxi Wang,Jennifer Calcaterra,Beverly Anderson,Timothy Rydel,Rong Wang,Lieselot Bertho,Scott A Saracco,Kimberly Hodge-Bell,Luis Burzio,Tommi White,Bin Li
A transgenic protein is frequently expressed as different homologous variants in genetically modified crops due to differential processing of targeting peptides or optimization of activity and specificity. The aim of this study was to develop a science-based approach for risk assessment of homologous protein variants using dicamba mono-oxygenase (DMO) as a case study. In this study, DMO expressed in
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Consumers’ response to genetically modified food: an Italian case study GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-11-06 Federica DeMaria, Simona Romeo Lironcurti, Federica Morandi, Alessandra Pesce, Laura Gazza, Francesca Nocente
The agricultural sector could benefit from biotechnologies in addressing challenges such as pests, droughts, and food supply issues. Genetically modified (GM) crops have been developed to offer not...
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Genome editing in Sub-Saharan Africa: a game-changing strategy for climate change mitigation and sustainable agriculture GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-31 Peter Amoah, Abdoul-Razak Oumarou Mahamane, Moise Hubert Byiringiro, Neo Jeremiah Mahula, Nyimasata Manneh, Yetunde Ruth Oluwasegun, Abebawork Tilahun Assfaw, Hellen Mawia Mukiti, Abubakar Danlami Garba, Felicity Kido Chiemeke, Omena Bernard Ojuederie, Bunmi Olasanmi
Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural sector faces a multifaceted challenge due to climate change consisting of high temperatures, changing precipitation trends, alongside intensified pest and disease ...
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Characterizing the impact of CPSF30 gene disruption on TuMV infection in Arabidopsis thaliana GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Yanping Wei, Quan Yuan, Dalal Sulaiman Alshaya, Abdul Waheed, Kotb A. Attia, Sajid Fiaz, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
CPSF30, a key polyadenylation factor, also serves as an m6A reader, playing a crucial role in determining RNA fate post-transcription. While its homologs mammals are known to be vital for viral rep...
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Biotechnology executive order opens door for regulatory reform and social acceptance of genetically engineered microbes in agriculture GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-27 Jabeen Ahmad, Amy Grunden, Jennifer Kuzma
In the United States, regulatory review of genetically engineered microbes for agriculture falls under the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology (CFRB). However, the lack of a c...
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The recent genetic modification techniques for improve soil conservation, nutrient uptake and utilization GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando, Kelvin Ngongolo
Advances in genetic modification (GM) techniques have generated huge interest in improving nutrient utilization, maximizing nutrient uptake, and conserving soil in the pursuit of sustainable agricu...
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Best practices for acceptability of GM crops field trials conclusions: lessons for Africa GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Paul Chege, Julia Njagi, John Komen, Godfrey Ngure, John Muriuki, Margaret Karembu
The ability to transfer information about the performance, safety, and environmental impacts of a genetically modified (GM) crop from confined field trials (CFTs) conducted in one location to anoth...
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Regulatory framework for genetically modified organisms in the Kingdom of Eswatini GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Bongani Z. Nkhabindze, Cebisile N. Magagula, Diana Earnshaw, Calsile F. Mhlanga, Sipho N. Matsebula, Isaac G. Dladla
The Kingdom of Eswatini is a Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity and to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. As Party, Eswatini has domesticated these agreements by passing the Biosafet...
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The evolution of media reportage on GMOs in Ghana following approval of first GM crop GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Joseph Opoku Gakpo, Dennis Baffour - Awuah
Ghana’s parliament in 2011 passed the Biosafety Act to allow for the application of genetically modified organism (GMO) technology in the country’s agriculture. In a vibrant democracy, there have b...
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The Adoption of Genetically Modified Crops in Africa: the Public’s Current Perception, the Regulatory Obstacles, and Ethical Challenges GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando
Genetically modified (GM) crops are the most important agricultural commodities that can improve the yield of African smallholder farmers. The intricate circumstances surrounding the introduction o...
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Impacts of AlaAT3 transgenic poplar on rhizosphere soil chemical properties, enzyme activity, bacterial community, and metabolites under two nitrogen conditions GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Shengdong Yang, Gang Wang, Minghui Niu, Heng Zhang, Jing Ma, Chunpu Qu, Guanjun Liu
Poplar stands as one of the primary afforestation trees globally. We successfully generated transgenic poplar trees characterized by enhanced biomass under identical nutrient conditions, through th...
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An assessment of the linkages between GM crop biotechnology and climate change mitigation GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Stuart J. Smyth, Peter W. B. Phillips, David Castle
This article provides an analysis and evaluation of peer-reviewed evidence on the contribution of crop biotechnology to climate change mitigation and adaption. While there is a range of agricultura...
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Overexpression of soybean GmDHN9 gene enhances drought resistance of transgenic Arabidopsis GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Jiayi Fan, Yuzhe Zhang, Hongji Sun, Ruijie Duan, Yushi Jiang, Xinyu Wang, Yao Sun, Zhipeng Luo, Peiwu Wang, Shuyan Guan, Siyan Liu, Xuhong Fan, Peng Jiao, Yunpeng Wang, Jinhui Yang, Zunyue Zhang, Huiwei Yu
Soybean is one of the important oil crops and a major source of protein and lipids. Drought can cause severe soybean yields. Dehydrin protein (DHN) is a subfamily of LEA proteins that play an impor...
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In-silico analysis and transformation of OsMYB48 transcription factor driven by CaMV35S promoter in model plant – Nicotiana tabacum L. conferring abiotic stress tolerance GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Yumna Ahmad, Saqlain Haider, Javed Iqbal, Sana Naseer, Kotb A. Attia, Arif Ahmed Mohammed, Sajid Fiaz, Tariq Mahmood
Global crop yield has been affected by a number of abiotic stresses. Heat, salinity, and drought stress are at the top of the list as serious environmental growth-limiting factors. To enhance crop ...
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ShF5H1 overexpression increases syringyl lignin and improves saccharification in sugarcane leaves GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Juan Pablo Portilla Llerena, Eduardo Kiyota, Fernanda Raquel Camilo dos Santos, Julio C. Garcia, Rodrigo Faleiro de Lima, Juliana Lischka Sampaio Mayer, Michael dos Santos Brito, Paulo Mazzafera, Silvana Creste, Paula Macedo Nobile
The agricultural sugarcane residues, bagasse and straws, can be used for second-generation ethanol (2GE) production by the cellulose conversion into glucose (saccharification). However, the lignin ...
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Modeling the economic impact for Chile of an import ban on genetically modified maize GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 William Foster, Jorge Ortega, Gonzalo Vargas
We estimate producer and consumer surplus changes due to a possible GM maize import ban in Chile, which produces only non-GM grains for internal use. Without foreign non-GM sources, the ban’s effec...
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Twenty-eight years of GM Food and feed without harm: why not accept them? GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Richard E. Goodman
Since the first genetically engineered or modified crops or organisms (GMO) were approved for commercial production in 1995, no new GMO has been proven to be a hazard or cause harm to human consume...
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Cloning and functional analysis of ZmMADS42 gene in maize GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yang Zhao, Jianyu Lu, Bo Hu, Peng Jiao, Bai Gao, Zhenzhong Jiang, Siyan Liu, Shuyan Guan, Yiyong Ma
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important cereal crop in the world. Flowering period and photoperiod play important roles in the reproductive development of maize. This study, investigated ZmMADS42...
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Exploring the GMO narrative through labeling: strategies, products, and politics GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Camille D. Ryan, Elizabeth Henggeler, Samantha Gilbert, Andrew J. Schaul, John T. Swarthout
Labels are influential signals in the marketplace intended to inform and to eliminate buyer confusion. Despite this, food labels continue to be the subject of debate. None more so than non-GMO (gen...
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Agricultural chemical use and the rural-urban divide in Canada GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Stuart J. Smyth, Sylvain Charlebois
Innovation is of fundamental importance for improving food production, as well as sustainability food production. Since 1960, food production has benefited from innovations in plant breeding techno...
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An environmental risk assessment of IPD079Ea: a protein derived from Ophioglossum pendulum with activity against Diabrotica spp.In maize GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Bridget F. O’Neill, Chad Boeckman, Kristine LeRoy, Chris Linderblood, Taylor Olson, Rachel Woods, Mary Challender
Farmers in North America face significant pressure from insects in their maize fields, particularly from corn rootworm (Diabrotica spp.). Research into proteins capable of insecticidal activity has...
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Risk-appropriate regulations for gene-editing technologies GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Graham Brookes, Stuart J Smyth
This paper explores the scope for the newly emerging technologies, based on gene editing (GE) contributing to addressing the global challenges that we face. These challenges relate to food security...
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A struggle for control beyond the facts: examining constructs of GM technology in Philippine opinion columns GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Inez Z. Ponce de Leon
GM technology has constantly faced opposition in the Philippines. The debate heightened in 2016, when the Supreme Court halted the field testing of Bt eggplant, which triggered a public debate. Thi...
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The impact of ‘framing’ in the adoption of GM crops GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Madeline M. Esquivel, Siddique I. Aboobucker, Walter P. Suza
Genetically modified (GM) crops offer significant advantages in our crop improvement programs because they are created using a more targeted approach which is not possible in traditional breeding m...
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U.S. consumer support for genetically modified foods: Time trends and assessments of four GM attributes GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Jane Kolodinsky, Nick Rose, Julia Danielsen
There is a large literature about consumer acceptance of GM foods dating back almost three decades, but there are fewer studies that investigate how support for specific GM attributes contribute to...
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CRISPR/Cas9-gene editing approaches in plant breeding GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Himanshu Saini, Rajneesh Thakur, Rubina Gill, Kalpana Tyagi, Manika Goswami
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system is recently developed robust genome editing technology for accelerating plant breeding. Various modifications of this editing system have been established for adapta...
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Similarities and differences with the ‘general public’: Chinese civil servants’ attitude to genetically modified organisms and its influencing factors GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Zheng Yang, Danfeng Liao, Hepeng Jia
This study examines Chinese civil servants’ attitudes toward genetically modified organisms by reviewing a national survey of 3,018 Chinese civil servants. The findings show that Chinese civil serv...
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Processes for regulating genetically modified and gene edited plants GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 John R Caradus
Innovation in agriculture has been essential in improving productivity of crops and forages to support a growing population, improving living standards while contributing toward maintaining environ...
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Deconstruction of science hegemony: discursive strategies of Chinese science communication on genetically modified foods GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Jinrong Lin
This study analyzes Chinese online science communication and discussion about genetically modified foods (GMFs). Based on data collected from one of the largest Chinese GMFs science popularization ...
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Modification of Fatty Acid Profile and Oil Contents Using Gene Editing in Oilseed Crops for a Changing Climate GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Saeed Rauf, Seerat Fatima, Rodomiro Ortiz
Mutation breeding based on various chemical and physical mutagens induces and disrupts non-target loci. Hence, large populations were required for visual screening, but desired plants were rare and...
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GMO discussion on Twitter GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Dmitry Erokhin, Nadejda Komendantova
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on analyzing discussions related to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) on Twitter, with a specific focus on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories. The authors collected and analyzed 1,048,274 English tweets related to GMOs between January 2020 and December 2022 using the Twitter API. The tweets were subjected to topical and sentiment analysis to identify
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Providing appropriate information to consumers boosts the acceptability of genome-edited foods in Japan GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Chie Taguchi, Norihito Shibata, Keisuke Soga, Satoko Yoshiba, Jumpei Narushima, Miyu Sugino, Kazunari Kondo
ABSTRACT The Japanese Health Ministry recently granted permission for the market distribution of genome-edited (GE) foods, yet there remains a lack of full understanding among consumers regarding this technology. In this study, we conducted a survey to assess the acceptability of GE foods among Japanese consumers and examined the impact of providing information about GE foods on their acceptability
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Genetically modified soybean lines exhibit less transcriptomic variation compared to natural varieties GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Yan Long, Wentao Xu, Caiyue Liu, Mei Dong, Weixiao Liu, Xinwu Pei, Liang Li, Rui Chen, Wujun Jin
ABSTRACT Genetically modified (GM) soybeans provide a huge amount of food for human consumption and animal feed. However, the possibility of unexpected effects of transgenesis has increased food safety concerns. High-throughput sequencing profiling provides a potential approach to directly evaluate unintended effects caused by foreign genes. In this study, we performed transcriptomic analyses to evaluate
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Transcriptional and proteomic analysis GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Liu Xiao-Jing, Xing Bao, Wang Meng-Yu, Li Xiao-Man, Wang Xu-Jing, Wang Zhi-Xing
ABSTRACT Unintended effects of gene edit crops may pose safety issues. Omics is a useful tool for researchers to evaluate these unexpected effects. Transcriptome and proteomics analyses were performed for two gene editors, CRISPR-Cas9 and adenine base editor (ABE) gene edit rice, as well as corresponding wild-type plants (Nipponbare). Transcriptome revealed 520 and 566 rice differentially expressed
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Gene editing achieves consistently higher favorability in social and traditional media than GMOs GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Mark Lynas, Selene Adams, Karen Stockert
While GMOs have been the subject of negative discourse over a long time period, it is possible that newer breeding technologies like gene editing are viewed more favorably. We present data for a 5-...
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Safety Assessment of the CP4 EPSPS and NPTII Proteins in Eucalyptus GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Dror Avisar, Shelly Azulay, Lorena Bombonato, Denise Carvalho, Heitor Dallapicolla, Carla de Souza, Anselmo dos Santos, Tatiane Dias, Maria Paula Galan, Milton Galvao, José Mateus Gonsalves, Esteban Gonzales, Rodrigo Graça, Sivan Livne, Reginaldo Mafia, Alexandre Manoeli, Mike May, Thaís Regina Drezza Menezes, Ana Cristina Pinheiro, Antonio Porto, Carolina Rocha, Ariane Schafer, Barry Schafer, Edival
ABSTRACT Glyphosate herbicide treatment is essential to sustainable Eucalyptus plantation management in Brazil. Eucalyptus is highly sensitive to glyphosate, and Suzano/FuturaGene has genetically modified eucalyptus to tolerate glyphosate, with the aim of both protecting eucalyptus trees from glyphosate application damage and improving weed management. This study presents the biosafety results of the
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Putting CRISPR-Cas system in action: a golden window for efficient and precise genome editing for crop improvement GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Arooj Tariq, Muntazir Mushtaq, Huwaida Yaqoob, Basharat Ahmad Bhat, Sajad Majeed Zargar, Ali Raza, Sajad Ali, Sidra Charagh, Muhammad Salman Mubarik, Qamar U Zaman, PV Vara Prasad, Rakeeb Ahmad Mir
ABSTRACT The daunting task of feeding an ever-growing population is an immense challenge for the contemporary scientific community, especially in view of the rapidly changing climate throughout the world. Amidst these threatening crises, we witness rapid development in genome editing (GE) technologies, revolutionizing the field of applied genomics and molecular breeding. Various GE tools have been
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Sustainable access of quality seeds of genetically engineered crops in Eastern Africa - Case study of Bt Cotton GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Endale Gebre Kedisso, Joseph Guenthner, Karim Maredia, Tahani Elagib, Bernard Oloo, Samson Assefa
ABSTRACT The genetically engineered bollworm-resistant Bt cotton hybrid varieties offer opportunities for reducing crop losses and enhancing productivity. In Eastern Africa region, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya have approved and released Bt cotton in 2012, in 2018, and in 2019, respectively. The region has potential to grow cotton in over 5 million hectares. For commercial plantings in Ethiopia, Sudan
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Landrace and GM maize cultivars’ selection choices among rural farming households in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-21 Peter Mukarumbwa, Amon Taruvinga
ABSTRACT Maize plays a significant role among rural farming households in South Africa. The study therefore estimated the drivers of maize cultivars’ selection choices among rural farming households focusing on the commonly grown cultivars from the study area (Landrace and genetically modifies [GM] maize). A cross-sectional survey of 650 respondents randomly selected from Port St Johns and King Sabata
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Empirical analysis on the impact of trust in government, purposes of GM crops, and farmers’ expectations on the delayed commercialization of GM crops in China———Based on Xinjiang and Guangdong survey samples GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Yu Pang
ABSTRACT GM crops, as a widely researched and applied biotechnology, hold significant strategic and practical implications for promoting the commercialization of GM crops in China, driving agricultural industry upgrading, and fostering economic and social development. However, despite their potential benefits, the commercialization of GM crops in China has been consistently delayed. Therefore, this
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The legal aspect of the current use of genetically modified organisms in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando
ABSTRACT Many African nations place a high priority on enhancing food security and nutrition. However, unfavorable environmental conditions interfere with the achievement of food security in Africa. The production of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) presents intriguing possibilities for improving food security on the continent. In Africa, countries in the same regions have different GMO usage
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Genetically modified DP915635 maize is agronomically and compositionally comparable to non-genetically modified maize GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Jennifer A. Anderson, James Mickelson, Brandon J. Fast, Nathan Smith, Robert C. Pauli, Carl Walker
ABSTRACT DP915635 maize was genetically modified (GM) to express the IPD079Ea protein for corn rootworm (Diabrotica spp.) control. DP915635 maize also expresses the phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) protein for tolerance to glufosinate herbicide and the phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) protein that was used as a selectable marker. A field study was conducted at ten sites in the United States and
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Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on consumers’ perceptions of genetically modified food GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-23 Qian Ding, Fangbin Qiao, Jikun Huang
ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has generated significant economic loss and an unprecedented challenge to people’s livelihoods. Using household data collected in November 2020, this study shows that the COVID-19 outbreak has significantly affected consumers’ perceptions and consumption of genetically modified (GM) food in China. Their perceptions and purchase intentions have
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DNA-free genome editing for ZmPLA1 gene via targeting immature embryos in tropical maize GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Sagar Krushnaji Rangari, Manjot Kaur Sudha, Harjot Kaur, Nidhi Uppal, Gagandeep Singh, Yogesh Vikal, Priti Sharma
Doubled haploid (DH) production accelerates the development of homozygous lines in a single generation. In maize, haploids are widely produced by the use of haploid inducer Stock 6, earlier reporte...
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Biosafety regulatory frameworks in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Sweden and their potential impact on international R&D collaborations GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Isaac Ongu, Priscilla Olayide, Erik Alexandersson, Barbara Mugwanya Zawedde, Dennis Eriksson
ABSTRACT Gene technologies, such as transgenesis and new breeding techniques (NBTs), expand the toolbox for plant breeding. Many countries in Africa, however, have long been seen as “slow adopters” of gene technologies for several reasons, one being the lack of, or overly restrictive, biosafety regulatory frameworks. This is sometimes attributed to the influence of the precautionary-oriented EU biosafety
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Analyzing public sentiment toward GMOs via social media between 2019-2021 GM Crops Food (IF 4.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Manreet Sohi, Maurice Pitesky, Joseph Gendreau
ABSTRACT Genetically modified organisms or GMOs offer significant advantages in food production, including increased yield, decreased pesticide usage, and better disease resistance. However, adoption and public sentiment toward GMOs is highly variable. Without positive sentiment toward GMOs, consumption of GMO-based foods may not have an adequate market for further investment. In order to better understand