Steven Broyles, professor and chair of SUNY Cortland’s Biological Sciences Department, will discuss the pressing issues surrounding the role of genetically modified food in global sustainability on ...

Farmers have been trying to minimize the impacts of crop pests for thousands of years. Insects, nematodes, bacteria, fungi, and viruses can cause massive destruction of important crops, and this ...

Genetically modified (GM) crops are widely used around the world, but their effects on the environment need to be explored more. New research, published in Science on August 30, 2024, takes a look at ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 17, 2026) An article in Microorganisms by researchers from the U.S., Israel, and Australia analyzes the adverse health and environmental effects of genetic engineering and ...

The decision reinstates unscientific regulation of new plant varieties, contradicting not only decades of experimentation, application, and deliberation, but also common sense. The use of molecular ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings (FILES)Severely damaged corn stalks due to a widespread drought are seen in ...

People have been making genetic changes to plants since the start of agriculture. Since farming began, people have altered the genes of plants grown for food. Over time, people have developed many ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reapproved the weed killer dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton, a pesticide that has raised widespread concern ...

KONA, Hawaii - From the moment the bill to ban genetically engineered crops on the island of Hawaii was introduced in May, it garnered more vocal support than any the County Council here had ever ...

Gene editing of plants enabled the production of more nutritionally rich rice and fortified tomatoes. But these innovations have often come about only through long, painstaking work. This process ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Juergen Eckhardt leads Bayer’s impact investment unit, Leaps by Bayer. The farmers in Italy needed help, remembers Vittoria ...

Over the past century, worldwide consumption of food-animal products such as meat, milk, and eggs has steadily grown due to increases in global population and per capita income that fuel demand for ...