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GM Can Do Wonders with Food Crops
Some recent information provides even more success stories in yield increases in major crops using modern options in genetic modification.
Example 1
New genetically modified corn
produces up to 10% more than similar types
Science –
04 November 2019
Researchers have for the first time conclusively shown they can increase corn
yields up to 10% by changing a gene that increases plant growth—regardless of
whether growing conditions are poor or optimal. …researchers at Corteva
Agriscience, a chemical and seed company based in Wilmington, Delaware, decided
to look at genes that function like master switches for growth and yield. They
picked MADS-box genes, a group common in many plants, before settling on one (zmm28) to alter in corn
plants. The researchers tested the enhanced gene’s performance in 48 commercial
types of corn, known as hybrids, that are commonly used to feed livestock
and found yield increases ranging from 3-10% with the findings published this
week in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences.
Example 2.
Researchers Use Gene Modification to
Defeat Rice-Killing Disease
Karma Impact –
31 October 2019
Researchers successfully edited the genome of strains of rice grown in
Southeast Asia and West Africa to block a pathogen [bacterial blight] that
ravages yields of the staple crop, the latest example of gene modification that
may reduce hunger throughout the world.Scientists at Manila’s International
Rice Research Institute used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to prevent rice from
expressing genes that serve as Xoo’s point of entry to hijack the plant’s
nutrients, according to Nature. The team found that rice plants
with these engineered genes were resistant to at least 95 Xoo strains.
Both crops are major food sources world wide, and using GM techniques can add big increases in yield quite quickly.
Another “biggie” is Vitamin A enhanced rice – and Bangladesh seems likely to approve its use very soon.
Example 3
Bangladesh close to releasing Golden
Rice
Dhaka Tribune –
28 October 2019
Bangladesh will soon make a decision on the release of Golden Rice. According
to the WHO one in every five pre-school children and 23.7% of pregnant women
suffer from vitamin A deficiency in Bangladesh.
Example 1
New genetically modified corn
produces up to 10% more than similar types
Science –
04 November 2019
Researchers have for the first time conclusively shown they can increase corn
yields up to 10% by changing a gene that increases plant growth—regardless of
whether growing conditions are poor or optimal. …researchers at Corteva
Agriscience, a chemical and seed company based in Wilmington, Delaware, decided
to look at genes that function like master switches for growth and yield. They
picked MADS-box genes, a group common in many plants, before settling on one (zmm28) to alter in corn
plants. The researchers tested the enhanced gene’s performance in 48 commercial
types of corn, known as hybrids, that are commonly used to feed livestock
and found yield increases ranging from 3-10% with the findings published this
week in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences.
Example 2.
Researchers Use Gene Modification to
Defeat Rice-Killing Disease
Karma Impact –
31 October 2019
Researchers successfully edited the genome of strains of rice grown in
Southeast Asia and West Africa to block a pathogen [bacterial blight] that
ravages yields of the staple crop, the latest example of gene modification that
may reduce hunger throughout the world.Scientists at Manila’s International
Rice Research Institute used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to prevent rice from
expressing genes that serve as Xoo’s point of entry to hijack the plant’s
nutrients, according to Nature. The team found that rice plants
with these engineered genes were resistant to at least 95 Xoo strains.
Both crops are major food sources world wide, and using GM techniques can add big increases in yield quite quickly.
Another “biggie” is Vitamin A enhanced rice – and Bangladesh seems likely to approve its use very soon.
Example 3
Bangladesh close to releasing Golden
Rice
Dhaka Tribune –
28 October 2019
Bangladesh will soon make a decision on the release of Golden Rice. According
to the WHO one in every five pre-school children and 23.7% of pregnant women
suffer from vitamin A deficiency in Bangladesh.
