Researchers from the University of Florida have developed genetically modified citrus trees with enhanced resistance to greening, and have the potential to resist canker and black spot. The team led by Jude Grosser, professor of plant cell genetics at UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center used a gene isolated from Arabidopsis to create new trees.

The African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) is a program to build the capacity of African regulators of biotech crop through training, advisory services, study tours and access to science-based information led by the African Union's New Economic Program for African Development (NEPAD) from the program's offices in Burkina Faso and Uganda. On July 16-18, 2015

Global experience in prevention and control of H5N1 HPAI (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza) has shown that the cooperation between the public health and agricultural sector is crucial, and, where successfully applied, results in significant positive benefits. 
 

A research team from the Weizmann Institute of Science led by Prof. Avihai Danon has discovered the "off" switch for plant starch production. Starch is the most common carbohydrate in the human diet and present in large amounts in staple crops such as rice, potatoes, and maize.

Elementary and high school students, as well as their parents and teachers, were enlightened and updated on the applications of modern biotechnology in agriculture and medicine during two learning events organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture-Biotechnology Information Center (SEARCA BIC) for this year's Philippine National Biotechnology Week (NBW).

Colorado State University scientists have created an integrated circuit for plants that are similar to those found in an iPhone. 'Gene circuits,' a product of synthetic biology, control specific plant characteristics such as color, size, and resistance to drought. While traditional plant genetic engineering involves inserting or modifying genes that control certain characteristics

FAO 26 November 2015, Rome - The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, promulgated earlier this year at the 2015 World Expo, offers a unique international platform to make city food systems more equitable and sustainable, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and the Italian city's Mayor, Giuliano Pisapia, said today.
 

The Cornell Alliance for Science converged in the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, on November 17 to launch a global conversation on ending world hunger. The Alliance's 25 newly graduated Global Leadership Fellows mingled with diplomats, journalists, academics, and science allies, sharing the personal stories that prompted them to embrace technological tools in the quest for food security.

The d-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) can metabolize glyphosate and yield aminomethyl phosphonic acid and glyoxylate, which are less toxic to plants than glyphosate. However, studies on the use of DAAO to enhance glyphosate resistance in plants are lacking.

Since fatty acids (FA) plays a crucial role in lipid accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.), a research team led by Francesca De Marchis of the CNR in Italy, investigated the effect of olive acyl carrier protein (ACP) on FA by overexpressing an olive ACP cDNA in tobacco. The OeACP1.1A was inserted either in the nucleus or the chloroplast DNA of tobacco plants, resulting in two sets of transgenics.