Regarding the editorial about labeling genetically modified food, “No New Label Needed” [Feb. 21]: Here we go again, facing the “logic” that humans have been breeding foods for thousands of years and ...

Mycelium of phytophthora palmivora, which can give rise to cacao black pod disease, grows from an agar plug, infecting a cacao leaf 48 hours after inoculation. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In a development ...

Efforts to improve the genetics of food crops are as old as agriculture. Crossbreeding plants to select for traits is nothing new, but synthetic biology techniques, including CRISPR-Cas9 and other ...

The giant of genetic modification is looking to natural methods to engineer onions that won’t make you cry, broccoli with more cancer-fighting power, and bell peppers that are the right size for a ...

Researchers have identified a genetic sequence that is essential for plant reproduction. As this region is found in all plant species, it is expected to contribute to future crossbreeding initiatives ...

Beef-on-dairy crossbreeding is the latest step in the evolution of dairy genetics and is now a key driver of the U.S. supply of both beef and dairy cattle. Some 72% of dairy farms are now ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Plant biologist Eduardo Blumwald swears that the tomato he genetically engineered to be salt-resistant -- despite thriving in the world's increasingly more saline soils -- tastes as ...

GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) have become quite controversial in the past 10 years or so, to say the very least! Technically we have been genetically modifying organisms since our ancestors ...

In a development that could help protect one of the world's most beloved agricultural commodities, a research team at Penn State has successfully created disease-resistant cacao plants using ...