Written by Kevin Folta Last week a workshop at the International Horticultural Congress in Lisbon, Portugal featured a series of speakers known for their work in transgenic technology. I'll summarize these in the next few posts. Today's post addresses an…
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GMO Discussion at IHC2010
Written by Kevin Folta The International Horticulture Congress (IHC2010) recently convened in Lisbon, Portugal. Presentations illustrated repeatedly how adjustment of gene expression, via transgenics or breeding, could lead to enhanced quality of fruits and vegetables. During a workshop on August…
Genetically Modified Foods Could Be A Solution To The Effects Of Climate Change
Written by Jack Lundee Earth is a sustainable planet that produces life, shelter, and sustenance to billions of its inhabitants, but the climate of this planet is changing and with that we must also change. To continue to reap the…
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Breeding, Biotech and Bulls
Written by Matt DiLeo I've been meaning to tell this story for some time. It's a good example of how not all biotechnology is genetic engineering. Traditional Breeding In trad breeding, the breeder/gardener simply crosses two parents that show great…
Precautionary Principles and the Cost of Caution
by Clark Wolf, Director of Bioethics, Iowa State University She felt terrible, with a horrible pain in her gut that cut like a knife, and nausea and fever to match. Usually stoic in the face of pain, my daughter was…
Where the superpowers of superweeds come from
Superman had the yellow sun of earth, spiderman had a radioactive spider-bite, but what about superweeds, where does their super power (surviving application of Round-up/glyphosate) come from? To understand how superweeds survive, we first have to understand why normal weeds (the Jimmy Olsens and Lois Lanes of the plant world) die. <-- last superhero reference of this post I promise.
What is Morgellons Disease?
Most medical professionals believe Morgellons Disease is synonymous with Delusory Parasitosis, a false belief that insects are living in or on your body.
Why popcorn pops
Written by James Schnable Popped corn Photo: D3 San Francisco, flickr (click to see photo in original context Popping corn, or anything else, all comes down to pressure. Pop-corn has a particularly impermeable pericarp (the corn kernel’s shell), so as…
Planting for a Greener Yield
By Brandon Hunnicutt Over the last 15 years, agriculture has been changing technologically at an amazing pace. It is something that is truly fun to look back at and realize where we have come. As a producer of corn, soybeans,…
Escape! Crop-Specific Gene Flow to Wild Relatives
Written by Cody Cobb As a molecular biologist, most of my work is done on a bench at or below room temperature. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been to a research field because I…