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    Removing politics from innovations that improve food security

    Genetically modified (GM) organisms and crops have been a feature of food production for over 30 years. Despite extensive science-based risk assessment, the public and many politicians remain concerned with th...

    Stuart J. Smyth, Alan McHughen, Jon Entine, Drew Kershen in Transgenic Research (2021)

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    Two efficient CRISPR/Cas9 systems for gene editing in soybean

    Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 has been highlighted as a powerful tool for crop improvement. Nevertheless, its efficiency can be improved, especially for crops with a complex genome, such as soybean. In this...

    Jéssica Carrijo, Eudald Illa-Berenguer, Peter LaFayette in Transgenic Research (2021)

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    Genetic basis and detection of unintended effects in genetically modified crop plants

    In January 2014, an international meeting sponsored by the International Life Sciences Institute/Health and Environmental Sciences Institute and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency titled “Genetic Basis of Uni...

    Gregory S. Ladics, Andrew Bartholomaeus, Phil Bregitzer in Transgenic Research (2015)

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    Standardization of Switchgrass Sample Collection for Cell Wall and Biomass Trait Analysis

    As a native, low-input crop with high biomass production, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has become a favorable feedstock for the production of cellulosic biofuels in the United States. Many efforts are being mad...

    C. Frank Hardin, Chunxiang Fu, Hiroshi Hisano, **rong **ao, Hui Shen in BioEnergy Research (2013)

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    Plurality of opinion, scientific discourse and pseudoscience: an in depth analysis of the Séralini et al. study claiming that Roundup™ Ready corn or the herbicide Roundup™ cause cancer in rats

    A recent paper published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology presents the results of a long-term toxicity study related to a widely-used commercial herbicide (Roundup™) and a Roundup-tolerant genetically ...

    Gemma Arjó, Manuel Portero, Carme Piñol, Juan Viñas in Transgenic Research (2013)

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    Soybean

    The soybean is one of the most important legume crops. Several technical advances over the past decade permit the soybean to be readily transformed, using a number of different procedures developed and optimiz...

    Jack M. Widholm, John J. Finer, Lila O. Vodkin in Genetic Modification of Plants (2010)

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    Bacterial citrate synthase expression and soil aluminum tolerance in transgenic alfalfa

    Alfalfa is very sensitive to soil acidity and its yield and stand duration are compromised due to inhibited root growth and reduced nitrogen fixation caused by Al toxicity. Soil improvement by liming is expens...

    Pierluigi Barone, Daniele Rosellini, Peter LaFayette, Joseph Bouton in Plant Cell Reports (2008)

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    Genomics of Insect-Soybean Interactions

    Wayne Parrott, David Walker, Shuquan Zhu in Genetics and Genomics of Soybean (2008)

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    Reply to Regulatory regimes for transgenic crops

    Kent J Bradford, Neal Gutterson, Wayne Parrott, Allen Van Deynze in Nature Biotechnology (2005)

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    Regulating transgenic crops sensibly: lessons from plant breeding, biotechnology and genomics

    The costs of meeting regulatory requirements and market restrictions guided by regulatory criteria are substantial impediments to the commercialization of transgenic crops. Although a cautious approach may hav...

    Kent J Bradford, Allen Van Deynze, Neal Gutterson, Wayne Parrott in Nature Biotechnology (2005)

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    UK field-scale evaluations answer wrong questions

    Bruce Chassy, Catherine Carter, Martina McGloughlin, Alan McHughen in Nature Biotechnology (2003)

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    Divergent perspectives on GM food

    Roger Beachy, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Bruce M. Chassy in Nature Biotechnology (2002)

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    Combining cry1Ac with QTL alleles from PI 229358 to improve soybean resistance to lepidopteran pests

    A QTL conditioning corn earworm resistance in soybean PI 229358 and asynthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cry1Ac transgene from therecurrent parent ‘Jack-Bt’ were pyramided intoBC2F3 plants by marker-assisted selecti...

    David Walker, H. Roger Boerma, John All, Wayne Parrott in Molecular Breeding (2002)