Countries with systems in place for gene edited crops to be commercialised see a broad range of innovators & companies get involved. #GeneEditing can improve crop #yields, #nutrition, quality, #foodsafety, disease & insect resistance and #climate tolerance: doi.org/10.1007/s135... #plantbreeding
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Genetic engineering & #geneediting can help develop climate-resilient crops in #Africa that can withstand heat & #drought, but also pests, and that are biofortified, to increase #yields & #nutrition value. But support from policymakers is needed: doi.org/10.1007/s442... #CRISPR #plantbreeding
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(2/2) #CRISPR can increase grain #iron content in #rice by 18-72% without affecting key agronomic traits (growth duration, plant height, #yields, grain quality) and productivity: doi.org/10.5010/JPB.... #plantbreeding #geneediting #Vietnam #foodsecurity
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Following a #biosafety rewiew, Korea's Rural Development Administration ruled that a #GMO potato (SPS-Y9) developed by US #agriculture firm Simplot poses no #environment risks, bringing the #potato closer to entering the local market: koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-03... #plantbreeding
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A #GMO maize was developed for resistance to certain insect pests and a herbicide. #EFSA finds it to be as safe as conventional #maize with respect to potential effects on #health & the environment: doi.org/10.2903/j.ef... #plantbreeding #nutrition #allergenicity #foodsafety #biosafety #environment
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#Nigeria: A market survey indicates that 40% of crops (cassava, sweet potatoes, millet, maize) are #biofortified. Production #prices of biofortified & other crops are the same, but sellers & perceptions may drive up prices: doi.org/10.3390/nu17... #nutrition #plantbreeding
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Better #yields remain a key target of #plantbreeding programs, but attention is also paid to crops' #nutrition: Phytocompounds—allergens, antinutrients, #antioxidants, #vitamins & fatty acids—affect human #health. Conventional breeding for related traits is laborious… (1/x) doi.org/10.1002/fft2...
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(2/x) … but #geneediting offers a valuable, time-saving & lower-cost alternative; #CRISPR is an effective strategy for improving #crops; being transgene-free, it is a promising alternative: doi.org/10.1002/fft2... #plantbreeding #nutrition #health
Genetic engineering & #geneediting allow for quicker & more efficient #plantbreeding, e.g. to improve #yields, #nutrition and disease & pest resistance. Since the 1990s, #GMO foods are thoroughly reviewed to ensure safety for #health & environment… (1/2) www.canr.msu.edu/news/msu-sci... #foodsafety
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About one billion people are deficient in #selenium. Genetic engineering could help. Hoping to stave off a global #health crisis, scientists are #plantbreeding crops that suck the mineral—which helps the thyroid & immune system—from soil: www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a... #GMO #nutrition
About One Billion People Are D...
(2/2) But in Africa #yields are lower than elsewhere and could be improved via #fertilisers & #irrigation; better storage chains could cut #foodwaste. Given uncertainty due to #globalwarming more actions may be needed, e.g. crop selection & novel breeding: www.aalto.fi/en/news/stud... #plantbreeding
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#Legumes can do symbiotic #nitrogen fixation (SNF) with soil bacteria, which is key for #sustainable agriculture—it can help tackle the overuse of #fertilizer in #agriculture. Improving SNF involves genetic engineering and using existing natural variation: doi.org/10.1017/S106... #GMO #plantbreeding
Genetics and Genomics of Symbi...
Consumption of herbicide-tolerant #soybean ZH10-6 did not cause any adverse #health effects in rats, suggesting that it is as safe as its nontransgenic parental variety, with no evidence of toxicity after 90 days of exposure: doi.org/10.1002/jat.... #GMO #plantbreeding #foodsafety #feedingtrial
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#GeneEditing is key to speed up #plantbreeding for climate-resilient, high-yielding crops. Now it has been shown that targeted #mutagenesis can also be implemented in grain #amaranth, which is a resilient C4 dicot orphan crop with excellent #nutrition composition: doi.org/10.1101/2025... #CRISPR
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Livestock is responsible for 30% of human #methane emissions. #Rice cultivation accounts for another 12%, but #plantbreeding can produce varieties that reduce those #emissions by 70% while delivering #yields nearly twice the global average: grist.org/food-and-agr...
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#Patent publications by European alternative #protein innovators increased by 960% since 2015, but important areas (e.g. #plantbreeding of better protein crops to provide raw ingredients for #plantbased products) remain neglected. Few #patents are published on cultivated #meat & precision #fermentation, and just 1% of patents relates to alternative #seafood, highlighting need for more research: https://gfieurope.org/blog/report-european-alternative-protein-patents-jump-by-960-in-10-years/ #innovation #research #cleanmeat #cultivatedmeat #precisionfermentation
#CRISPR can improve disease resistance in #wheat by giving access to a broader range of solutions beyond random #mutagenesis or intraspecific variation. #Geneediting can unlock new ways to improve crops & speed up #plantbreeding for resistance to crop diseases: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genome-editing/articles/10.3389/fgeed.2025.1542487/
Rice #farming produces 12% of global methane #emissions. Now researchers used information on organic compounds that #rice plants release to breed a new rice variety that produces higher #yields but 70% less #methane than its commercial parent: https://cen.acs.org/environment/New-rice-variety-cuts-methane/103/i3 #plantbreeding
"Quintessential Resilience: The Breadfruit in the Caribbean"
https://daily.jstor.org/quintessential-resilience-the-breadfruit-in-the-caribbean/ #FruitToot #PlantHumanities #PlantBreeding @plantscience
