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Twenty-eight years of GM Food and feed without harm: why not accept them? GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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 3.9) 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
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Stable In-Planta Transformation System For Egyptian Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) cv. Sohag 1 GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Esraa A. A. Sultan, Mohamed S. Tawfik
ABSTRACT Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is an important oil crop and one of the oldest-known oil crops to humankind. Sesame has excellent nutritional and therapeutic properties; it is rich in important fatty acids, protein, fiber, and vital minerals. Oil percentage varies among different genotypes but generally accounts for more than 50% of the seed’s dry weight. To meet the increasing demand for vegetable
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Integrating genomics and genome editing for orphan crop improvement: a bridge between orphan crops and modern agriculture system GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Huwaida Yaqoob, Arooj Tariq, Basharat Ahmad Bhat, Kaisar Ahmad Bhat, Iqra Bashir Nehvi, Ali Raza, Ivica Djalovic, PV Vara Prasad, Rakeeb Ahmad Mir
ABSTRACT Domestication of orphan crops could be explored by editing their genomes. Genome editing has a lot of promise for enhancing agricultural output, and there is a lot of interest in furthering breeding in orphan crops, which are sometimes plagued with unwanted traits that resemble wild cousins. Consequently, applying model crop knowledge to orphan crops allows for the rapid generation of targeted
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Challenges and prospects in using biotechnological interventions in O. glaberrima, an African cultivated rice GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando
ABSTRACT Africa has the world’s fastest rate of population expansion, making it vulnerable to food shortages. Africa cultivates two types of rice (Asian rice; Oryza sativa and African rice; Oryza glaberrima). Native African rice called O. glaberrima has some intriguing characteristics, including resistance to several biotic and abiotic regional restrictions in Africa. However, O. glaberrima is solely
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Amenability of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated shoot apical meristem-targeted in planta transformation strategy in Mango (Mangifera indica L.) GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Kuldeep Pandey, Kesiraju Karthik, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Vinod, Rohini Sreevathsa, Manish Srivastav
ABSTRACT Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is one of the most popular tropical fruits in the world owing to its rich taste, flavor, color, production volume and diverse end usage. Conventional mango breeding practices are unable to withstand the demand for improved varieties as it is time consuming and requires heavy investment. However, problems associated with traditional plant breeding can be curtailed
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Exploring the Inhibitory Effect of RASFF on China-EU Trade of Rice-Based Products GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Qi Zhang, Ye Shen, Zhiwei Jiang, Xiaona Cheng, Yue Jin, Chengyu Shi
ABSTRACT Rice-based products exported from China to Europe have repeatedly encountered technical trade barriers. Using panel data from 24 states of the European Union during 2001–2017, this study builds a theoretical model to investigate the impact of implementation, intensity and structure of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) on China-EU rice-based product trade. The study found that
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Farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards the adoption of hybrid rice production in Bangladesh: an PLS-SEM approach GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-22 Paresh Kumar Sarma, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum
ABSTRACT Although the government policy supports the adoption of hybrid rice in Bangladesh but there is no significant progress has been made over the last decades. The study aimed to determine farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) of hybrid rice adoption, and the causal relationship between them in Bangladesh. Using a stratified random sampling technique, 244 cross-sectional surveys
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Managers’ attitudes toward gene-editing technology and companies’ R&D investment in gene-editing: the case of Chinese seed companies GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-16 Yuwei Kang, Haiyan Deng, Carl Pray, Ruifa Hu
ABSTRACT The Chinese government has issued a series of new policies to make it easier to industrialize gene-edited crops. However, whether technological advantages will eventually translate into industrial advantages and whether farmers will soon have access to gene-edited varieties partly depends on seed companies’ willingness to produce and sell gene-edited varieties to farmers and to invest in developing
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Misinformation in the media: global coverage of GMOs 2019-2021 GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Mark Lynas, Jordan Adams, Joan Conrow
ABSTRACT Misinformation is a serious problem in scientific debates ranging from climate change to vaccines to nuclear power. In this study we quantitatively assess the phenomenon of misinformation – defined as information which is at variance with widely-accepted scientific consensus – on genetically modified crops and food (“GMOs”) in the mainstream and online news media over a two-year period. We
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Influence of Genetically Modified Soybean Expressing Epidermal Growth Factor on Arthropod Biodiversity GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Md Ruhul Amin, Sung‐Dug Oh, Mansura Afrose, Soo-Yun Park, Doh-Won Yun, Tae-Hun Ryu, Seong-Kon Lee, Kihun Ha, Eunji Bae, Sera Kang, Chang-Gi Kim, Chang Uk Eun, Young-Kun Kim, Minwook Kim, Dongmin Kim, Donguk Kim, Sang Jae Suh
ABSTRACT The field study was undertaken to examine the potential for adverse effects of transgenic soybean expressing bioactive human epidermal growth factor (with tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate, PPT) on the abundance and diversity of plant‐dwelling arthropods by comparing with those of a non‐GM parental cultivar, Gwangan soybean. Field surveys of soybean fields were carried out over two consecutive
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Genetically modified (GM) late blight-resistant potato and consumer attitudes before and after a field visit GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Jéssica Bubolz, Patrycja Sleboda, Anna Lehrman, Sven-Ove Hansson, Carl Johan Lagerkvist, Björn Andersson, Marit Lenman, Svante Resjö, Marc Ghislain, Muhammad Awais Zahid, Nam Phuong Kieu, Erik Andreasson
ABSTRACT Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is the most devastating disease in potato production. Here, we show full late blight resistance in a location with a genetically diverse pathogen population with the use of GM potato stacked with three resistance (R) genes over three seasons. In addition, using this field trials, we demonstrate that in-the-field intervention among consumers led
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Genetically Modified (GM) Crop Use 1996–2020: Environmental Impacts Associated with Pesticide Use CHANGE GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Graham Brookes
ABSTRACT This paper assesses the environmental impacts associated with changes in pesticide use with GM crops at a global level. The main technologies impacting on pesticide use have been crops modified to be tolerant to specific herbicides so as to facilitate improved weed control and crops resistant to a range of crop insect pests that otherwise damage crops or typically require the application of
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Genetically Modified (GM) Crop Use 1996–2020: Impacts on Carbon Emissions GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Graham Brookes
ABSTRACT This paper assesses how the use of genetically modified seed (GM) crop seed technology has impacted on greenhouse gas emissions at a global level. The main technologies of relevance are crops modified to be tolerant to specific herbicides so as to facilitate improved weed control and crops resistant to a range of crop insect pests that otherwise damage crops or typically require the application
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Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to address drought tolerance in wheat GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Naglaa A. Abdallah, Hany Elsharawy, Hamiss A. Abulela, Roger Thilmony, Abdelhadi A. Abdelhadi, Nagwa I. Elarabi
ABSTRACT Genome editing tools have rapidly been adopted by plant scientists for crop improvement. Genome editing using a multiplex sgRNA-CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system is a useful technique for crop improvement in monocot species. In this study, we utilized precise gene editing techniques to generate wheat 3’(2’), 5’-bisphosphate nucleotidase (TaSal1) mutants using a multiplex sgRNA-CRISPR/Cas9
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Public perception of plant gene technologies worldwide in the light of food security GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Woźniak-Gientka Ewa, Tyczewska Agata, Perisic Milica, Beniermann Anna, Eriksson Dennis, Vangheluwe Nick, Gheysen Godelieve, Cetiner Selim, Abiri Naghmeh, Twardowski Tomasz
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security is becoming increasingly challenging and many stakeholders around the world are searching for new ways to reach this demanding goal. Here we demonstrate examples of genetically modified and genome edited plants introduced to the market in different world regions. Transgenic crops are regulated based on the characteristics of the product in many countries including
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Farm income and production impacts from the use of genetically modified (GM) crop technology 1996-2020 GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Graham Brookes
ABSTRACT This paper updates previous estimates for the global value of using genetically modified (GM) crop technology in agriculture at the farm level. It examined impacts on yields, important variable costs of production, including the cost of the technology, direct farm (gross) income, and impacts on the production base of the main crops where the technology is used (soybeans, corn, cotton, and
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Melatonin-mediated temperature stress tolerance in plants GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Ali Raza, Sidra Charagh, Pedro García-Caparrós, Md Atikur Rahman, Vincent H. Ogwugwa, Faisal Saeed, Wanmei Jin
ABSTRACT Global climate changes cause extreme temperatures and a significant reduction in crop production, leading to food insecurity worldwide. Temperature extremes (including both heat and cold stresses) is one of the most limiting factors in plant growth and development and severely affect plant physiology, biochemical, and molecular processes. Biostimulants like melatonin (MET) have a multifunctional
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Individual and combined effects of land use and weeds on Cry1Ab/c protein expression and yield of transgenic cry1Ab/c rice GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Jianmei Fu, Biao Liu
ABSTRACT Considering the anticipated commercial exploitation of insect-resistant transgenic rice and that the planting area of cultivated rice overlaps with wild rice, simulating an escape of transgenic rice from farmlands and exploring its fitness after entering semi-natural or natural ecosystems through uncontrolled seed dispersal or gene flow are critical to understand the resulting potential long-term
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Strategic science translation in emerging science: genetically modified crops and Bisphenol A in two cases of contested animal toxicity studies GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-09 Monica Racovita, Armin Spök
ABSTRACT When controversies develop around scientific facts or technologies, the potential of science to become a tool in plays of interests and power between different actors is not well recognized. Cordner’s concept of Strategic Science Translation (SST) shows that such actions are enabled by the uncertainty and the complexity of the scientific processes that allow the use of science in support of
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Improvement of cold tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.) using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of ZmSAMDC gene GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-12 Peng Jiao, Shiyou Jin, Nannan Chen, Chunlai Wang, Siyan Liu, Jing Qu, Shuyan Guan, Yiyong Ma
ABSTRACT Maize (Zea mays L.) is a food crop sensitive to low temperatures. As one of the abiotic stress hazards, low temperatures seriously affect the yield of maize. However, the genetic basis of low-temperature adaptation in maize is still poorly understood. In this study, maize S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC) was localized to the nucleus. We used Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
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Slow alignment of GMO allergenicity regulations with science on protein digestibility GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Rod A. Herman, John X. Q. Zhang, Jason M. Roper
ABSTRACT The current science on food allergy supports the dual allergen exposure hypothesis where sensitization to allergenic proteins is favored by dermal and inhalation exposure, and tolerization against allergy is favored by exposure in the gut. This hypothesis is bolstered by the epidemiological evidence showing that regions where children are exposed early in life to allergenic foods have lower
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Comprehensive COMPARE database reduces allergenic risk of novel food proteins GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Rod A. Herman, Ping Song
ABSTRACT The comprehensiveness of the allergen database used to bioinformatically compare a novel food protein with known allergens is critical to the ability to assess the allergenic risk of newly expressed proteins in genetically engineered crops. The strength of the relationship between a candidate GE protein’s amino acid sequence and that of known allergens is used to predict cross-reactive risk
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Drought tolerant wheat IND-ØØ412-7 is nutritionally equivalent to its Non-Transgenic Comparator GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Patricia V. Miranda, Bernardo F. Iglesias, María V. Charriere, Moisés Burachik
ABSTRACT Expression of the HAHB4 sunflower transcription factor confers drought tolerance to wheat event IND-ØØ412-7 (HB4® wheat). After confirming the compositional equivalence of event IND-ØØ412-7 with conventional wheat, its nutritional similarity to its non-genetically modified (GM) counterpart was analyzed by performing a 42-day broiler feeding study. Isoenergetic diets containing 40% flour from
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Broad-spectrum resistance against multiple PVY-strains by CRSIPR/Cas13 system in Solanum tuberosum crop GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Azka Noureen, Muhammad Zuhaib Khan, Imran Amin, Tayyaba Zainab, Nasim Ahmad, Sibtain Haider, Shahid Mansoor
ABSTRACT Potato virus Y (PVY) is a deadly environmental constraint that damages productivity of potato (Solanum tuberosum) around the globe. One of the major challenges is to develop resistance against PVY. Emerging clustered regularly short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas systems have the potential to develop resistance against PVY. In the current research, CRISPR-Cas13 has been exploited to target
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Biotechnology in China – regulation, investment, and delayed commercialization GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Zhihua Xiao, William A. Kerr
ABSTRACT China has been investing heavily in biotechnology to increase agricultural productivity. While a number of Chinese developed GM crops have cleared the required scientific hurdles – some more than a decade ago – commercialization has not been approved. The regulatory regime for GMOs in China is relatively less well understood than that of the US or the EU. This paper provides a systematic overview
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Genetically modified foods: bibliometric analysis on consumer perception and preference GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-04-11 Sendhil R, Joan Nyika, Sheel Yadav, Joby Mackolil, Rama Prashat G, Endashaw Workie, Raja Ragupathy, P. Ramasundaram
ABSTRACT In this study, we present the bibliometric trends emerging from research outputs on consumer perception and preference for genetically modified (GM) foods and policy prescriptions for enabling the consumption using VOSviewer visualization software. Consumers’ positive response is largely influenced by the decision of the governments to ban or approve the GM crops cultivation. Similarly, the
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Modeling antecedent factors involved in behavioral intention towards technology application of genetically modified crops GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-04-05 Yahya Safi Sis, Amirreza Rezaei, Hamid Karimi, Pouria Ataei
ABSTRACT This research aimed to study behavioral intention toward genetically modified crop (GMC) technology. The statistical population was composed of all staff experts of Jihad-e Agriculture Organization of Iran (N = 837). The sample size was 310 agricultural experts taken by simple randomization. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed by structural equations modeling.
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The state of the ‘GMO’ debate - toward an increasingly favorable and less polarized media conversation on ag-biotech? GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Sarah Evanega, Joan Conrow, Jordan Adams, Mark Lynas
ABSTRACT Although nearly three decades have passed since genetically modified crops (so-called ‘GMOs’) were widely commercialized, vociferous debate remains about the use of biotechnology in agriculture, despite a worldwide scientific consensus on their safety and utility. This study analyzes the volume and tenor of the GMO conversation as it played out on social and traditional media between 2018
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Economic surplus implications of Mexico’s decision to phaseout genetically modified maize imports GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-02-28 Diego Maximiliano Macall, William A. Kerr, Stuart J. Smyth
ABSTRACT The Mexican government has decided to ban imports of genetically modified (GM) maize, to rely on agroecology for maize production to satisfy domestic yellow maize requirements. No economic impact assessment of this policy decision was made public, and the implications of this decision for users of yellow maize and consumers are significant. This article measures the economic surplus generated
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Comparison of genetically modified insect-resistant maize and non-transgenic maize revealed changes in soil metabolomes but not in rhizosphere bacterial community GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-02-18 Yanjun Chen, Libo Pan, Mengyun Ren, Junsheng Li, Xiao Guan, Jun Tao
ABSTRACT The deliberate introduction of the beneficial gene in crop plants through transgenic technology can provide enormous agricultural and economic benefits. However, the impact of commercialization of these crops on the ecosystem particularly on belowground soil biodiversity is still uncertain. Here, we examined and compared the effects of a non-transgenic maize cultivar and an insect-resistant
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Genome editing techniques in plants: a comprehensive review and future prospects toward zero hunger GM Crops Food (IF 3.9) Pub Date : 2022-02-09 Naglaa A. Abdallah, Aladdin Hamwieh, Khaled Radwan, Nourhan Fouad, Channapatna Prakash
ABSTRACT Promoting sustainable agriculture and improving nutrition are the main united nation sustainable development goals by 2030. New technologies are required to achieve zero hunger, and genome editing technology is the most promising one. In the last decade, genome editing (GE) using the CRISPR/Cas system has attracted researchers as a safer and easy tool for genome editing in several living organisms