Transgenic plants are plants into which one or more genes from another species have been introduced into the genome, using genetic engineering processes. Techniques include the biolistic method ...

A group of Canadian undergrads is using plants to revolutionize medicine. Faced with soaring drug prices and global shortages ...

Resurrection plants like Selaginella lepidophylla can ... maize and wheat was long thought to require the use of "transgenic" genetic modification – introducing DNA into their genome from ...

There were significant differences in shoot biomass between transgenic and control plants when measured either on a fresh or dry weight basis (Table 2). The transgenic plants had 64% higher shoot ...

In 1981, the firm put together a small biotechnology dream team tasked with figuring out how to put genes into plants, with Fraley as the DNA-delivery expert, Horsch leading the way in tissue culture, ...

While the nascent field of biopharming has had some success in creating vaccines and cancer treatments with the help of transgenic plants, none have been able to synthesize anything as popular as ...

we are seeking government approval to begin distributing the first blight-tolerant transgenic American chestnut. These trees were produced by inserting a gene called oxalate oxidase (OxO) into the ...

Transgenic organisms have the potential to address environmental challenges. For example, plants can be engineered to absorb and degrade pollutants from soil or water, a process known as ...

However, due to certain regulations imposed by the food safety authorities across the world , the transgenic plants are not directly accessible to the farmers and consumers. Now through the new ...

A method using free software and a drone with a low-cost camera has made it possible to select drought-tolerant corn plants.