French winegrower pleads for gene editing approval to provide disease and drought resistance – Genetic Literacy Project

Does genetic innovation have its place in the vineyards of tomorrow? In an open letter, the winegrower and trade unionist André Baniol takes a firm stand
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Reducing insecticide use with CRISPR: Gene editing could naturally rollback pesticide resistance evolution in disease-carrying insects – Genetic Literacy Project

Insecticides play a central role in efforts to counter global impacts of mosquito-spread malaria and other diseases, which cause an estimated 750,000
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CRISPR-based Tool Reverses Insecticide Resistance in Fruit Flies- Crop Biotech Update (January 19, 2022) | ISAAA.org

CRISPR-based Tool Reverses Insecticide Resistance in Fruit Flies- Crop Biotech Update (January 19, 2022) | ISAAA.org
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How the pigweed Palmer amaranth became a ‘super weed’—and what it tells us about preventing herbicide resistance | Genetic Literacy Project

Bound up with the bad news of super weeds is good news for farmers — a window of opportunity.
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Barley leaf rust resistance genes may help plant breeders battle deadly crop disease | Genetic Literacy Project

An international team led by researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has identified genes that confer resistance to
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