Queensland University of Technology Seeks Approval for Commercial Cultivation of GM Banana- Crop Biotech Update (May 17, 2023) | Crop Biotech Update – ISAAA.org
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Gene editing poised to rescue banana production from plant disease sweeping through Central America – Genetic Literacy Project
There are more than a thousand types of bananas in the world. But one variety, the Cavendish, is ubiquitous in supermarkets and makes up the vast majority of the 10 billion bananas imported into the U.S. each year. It’s also at risk of disappearing.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/02/20/gene-editing-poised-to-rescue-banana-production-from-plant-disease-sweeping-through-central-america/
Breakthrough in Panama Disease Control in Bananas- Crop Biotech Update (November 2, 2022) | ISAAA.org
Breakthrough in Panama Disease Control in Bananas- Crop Biotech Update (November 2, 2022) | ISAAA.org
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Orange-colored bananas? New variety packed with 10x the vitamin A developed in Uganda provides essential nutrients for children and pregnant women – if approved – Genetic Literacy Project
Research has shown promising results, with the transgenic banana variety having 100 percent vitamin A content. The fortified variety has a more golden colour when compared with ordinary bananas.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/10/18/orange-colored-bananas-new-variety-packed-with-10x-the-vitamin-a-developed-in-uganda-provides-essential-nutrients-for-children-and-pregnant-women-if-approved/
Orange-colored bananas? New variety packed with 10x the vitamin A developed in Uganda provides essential nutrients for children and pregnant women – if approved – Genetic Literacy Project
Research has shown promising results, with the transgenic banana variety having 100 percent vitamin A content. The fortified variety has a more golden colour when compared with ordinary bananas.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/10/18/orange-colored-bananas-new-variety-packed-with-10x-the-vitamin-a-developed-in-uganda-provides-essential-nutrients-for-children-and-pregnant-women-if-approved/
The world’s most popular banana variety is under threat of extinction — and genetic engineering solutions are blocked. Here are alternatives. – Genetic Literacy Project
Since the 1990s a new strain of the fungus TR1 (or panama disease), which wiped out the Gros Michel banana in the 1950s, has threatened to destroy the
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/12/08/the-worlds-most-popular-banana-variety-is-under-threat-of-extinction-and-genetic-engineering-solutions-are-blocked-here-are-alternatives/
A Quest for the Gros Michel, the Great Banana of Yesteryear – Gastro Obscura
A Quest for the Gros Michel, the Great Banana of Yesteryear – Gastro Obscura
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A parasite is targeting bananas crops around the world — but African scientists are using CRISPR to stop it | Genetic Literacy Project
All the cultivated banana varieties are susceptible to diseases — and Banana xanthomonas wilt (BXW) is particularly problematic. BXW is a bacterial
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/08/27/a-parasite-is-targeting-bananas-crops-around-the-world-but-african-scientists-are-using-crispr-to-stop-it/
Video: Anti-biotechnology activism is blocking our only way to save the Cavendish, the world’s most popular banana | Genetic Literacy Project
Ninety-nine percent of bananas exported to developed countries are just one group called the Cavendish. And the Cavendish is vulnerable to
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/08/10/video-anti-biotechnology-activism-is-blocking-our-only-way-to-save-the-cavendish-the-worlds-most-popular-banana/
‘Last and only hope’: With global banana crop under siege from fungal disease, CRISPR may be only remaining solution | Genetic Literacy Project
The banana as we know it is in trouble. Emerging reports suggest the fruit’s deadliest disease has been spotted in Peru and Venezuela, two of the world’s largest exporters of bananas.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/05/20/last-and-only-hope-with-the-global-banana-crop-under-siege-from-fungal-disease-crispr-may-be-only-remaining-solution/
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