Organic farming body IFOAM EU has called for new plant breeding techniques that are still in the experimental stage to be classed as GM under EU law - but this is a “Pavlov’s dog” response, says the ...

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Nassar, N. and Miranda, R. (2025) Cassava Breeding by Unconventional Method Using Periclinal Chimera . Advances in Bioscience ...

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On March 28, 2018, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Sonny Perdue issued a statement providing clarification on USDA’s oversight of plants produced through innovative new breeding ...

Gene editing is touted as a promising new way of altering the DNA of plants or animals to speed their growth, enhance flavor, extend shelf life or combat viruses. But those who see it as a key ...

Developing crops that are disease resistant or produce a desired trait such as sweetness, flavor or color has long been a goal of people who breed plants. But the introduction of laboratory techniques ...

Can organic and non-GMO agriculture offer innovative, tech-based solutions for our food system – or does hope lie in new plant breeding techniques? “Innovation in food and farming doesn’t implicitly ...

Embryo rescue is a pivotal technique in modern seedless grape breeding, overcoming the natural barriers of embryo abortion and developmental arrest that commonly hinder the production of seedless ...

They say speed kills, but when it comes to growing enough food for our future, speed could spell the difference between feast and famine. Luckily, there’s a group of scientists with their proverbial ...