News tagged with modified plants

Knowledge of fungi helps to map risks of genetically modified crops

Plant fungi are indispensable for a good plant growth. Dutch researcher Erik Verbruggen from the VU University Amsterdam has discovered that phosphate and grass-clover have an effect on the diversity and variation in the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transgene insects: Scientists call for more open data

While genetically modified plants have already been introduced into the wild on a large scale in some parts of the world, the release of genetically modified animals is still at a relatively early stage. A ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetically modified plants hold the key to saving the banana industry

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) scientists have genetically modified a trial crop of banana plants to survive a soil-borne fungus which has wiped out plantations in the Northern Territory and is threatening crops ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 10