News tagged with modified plants
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 ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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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 ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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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 ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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