Against this backdrop, a research team led by Dr. Guozhang Kang and Dr. Gezi Li from Henan Agricultural University, China, ...

Have you ever wondered where our agricultural crops come from? And what were they like thousands of years ago, or hundreds of years ago? Our food crops today are in fact very different from the ...

Mo Khalil is the Hok Lam and Kathleen Kam Wong Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at ...

Over millennia, there has been a seamless continuum of technologies for genetic modification of plants, animals, and microorganisms, with progressive improvements in precision and predictability – a ...

A team of plant biotechnologists at Texas Tech University has unveiled a breakthrough that could transform how gene-edited crops are developed. The new method, led by associate professor Gunvant Patil ...

As the human population continues to explode, the need for efficient crop growth also expands. While there have been great strides in plant genetics and modification, there is still much to be learned ...

Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants can accelerate their own evolution through a process of "natural genetic engineering." This groundbreaking research will focus ...

Biotechnology used in agricultural science greatly affects our lives — from nurturing our bodies and feeding our families to mitigating the effects of climate change. Just one handful of healthy soil ...

South Asia sees no new GM crops this year, except Pakistan, amid regulatory confusion in India and Bangladesh.