EU countries back looser rules for gene-edited crops

RNAi Technology Shows Promise in Combating Deadly Honeybee Pest

RNA interference -- RNAi -- functions specifically to silence, or deactivate, genes. Among other applications, it promises to be groundbreaking as a way to treat infections of bees by a commercially important parasitic pest, Varroa destructor.

The EU Commission and the Polish Presidency are pushing for a new regulation on genetic engineering. Farmers' and environmental associations continue to demand strict regulation and GM-free agriculture.

It’s time to hit the reset button on GMOs

With genetically modified organisms (GMOs), there’s no putting the genie back in the bottle. Since their commercial introduction in 1996, bioengineered crops have become a commercial juggernaut, utterly dominating the marketplace in the U.S. and around the world. Even the European Union—long a hotbed of anti-GMO sentiment and regulatory activity—is warming to biotech, and significantly expanding the number of GMO crops accepted for import. Now, …

EU countries back looser rules for gene-edited crops

EU countries agreed to push forward with plans to ease current restrictions on some gene-edited crops—a move backed by farmer groups but opposed by environmentalists.

EU countries back compromise on new gene-editing rules for crops

Currently, these technologies are subject to the EU’s strict GMO regulation, making their commercialisation in the bloc nearly impossible.

Ingredients for breeding - screening tools, resistant plants and geonomics

WA researchers develop method to evaluate SSR resistance in canola, boosting hopes for disease management.