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Open AccessRemoving 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...
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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...
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Open AccessGenetic 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...
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Open AccessStandardization 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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Genomics of Insect-Soybean Interactions
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Reply to Regulatory regimes for transgenic crops
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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...
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UK field-scale evaluations answer wrong questions
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Divergent perspectives on GM food
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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...