Lillie Nelson

GMO crops that are tolerant to herbicides help farmers control weeds without damaging the crops. When farmers use these herbicide-tolerant crops they do not need… Read More »What Are The Uses Or Importance Of Gmo In Agriculture?

Most of the time, when female plants don’t get pollen, they fail to set fruit. However, unpollinated papaya female plants sometimes set fruit without seeds.… Read More »Can We Eat Papaya Without Seed?

The papaya ringspot virus nearly wiped the crop out. The virus first hit Hawaii in the 1940s and by the 1990s had reached almost every… Read More »What Happened To The Hawaiian Papaya?

Genetically modified papaya may be able to resist disease such as ringspot virus. On a small scale, less crop loss means farmers can earn more… Read More »What Is The Benefits Of Gmo Papaya?

A successful case using genetic transformation to improve resistance against a disease is the case of transgenic papaya (Carica papaya) resistant to Papaya ringspot virus… Read More »What Is The Name Of The Papaya That Is Resistant To The Papaya Ringspot Virus Disease?

GMOs probably trigger disgust because people view genetic modification as a contamination. The effect is enforced when the introduced DNA comes from a species that… Read More »Why Do People Not Like Genetically Modified Food?

Ingo Potrykus. Golden Rice was developed in the late 1990s by German plant scientists Ingo Potrykus and Peter Beyer to combat vitamin A deficiency, the… Read More »Who Discovered Golden Rice?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ensure that GMOs are safe for human,… Read More »Who Approves Gmos?

The GM Approval Database, or GMAD, is one of ISAAA’s unique features that compiles all the available information about biotech/GM crops that have been approved… Read More »What Is Gm Approval?