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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an indigenous and staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, but it has an enemy: an insect called the legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata). This pest can cause yield losses of more ...

Many methods are still being explored. Scientists make key breakthrough in fight to protect food supply — here's what's ...

As the FDA gets ready to vote on an application to bring the first genetically modified (GM) food animal — a salmon — to market, Healthland pauses to consider the social contribution of genetically ...

A research team has created gene-edited crops without using tissue culture. A team of plant biotechnologists led by Gunvant Patil at Texas Tech University (TX, USA) has developed a groundbreaking ...

While genetically engineered crops remain a source of controversy worldwide, Nebraska and U.S. farmers have aggressively adapted to these new crop varieties since 1996, according to a recent report by ...

Consumers have new access to information about their food, the White House said. This Oct. 5, 2012 file photo shows products labeled with Non Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) being sold at the ...

In the face of U.S. efforts to require Mexico, under a trade agreement, to import genetically engineered corn, last week the Mexican legislature approved a constitutional amendment identifying native ...

After a U.S. Court of Appeals Court decision in October that upheld the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ...