Tag Archives: Bt crop

How genetic modification is done: 1. Agrobacterium

Posted on August 30, 2015 by argylesock

Genetic modification (GM, genetic engineering) for eukaryotes matters because we humans are eukaryotes and we use eukaryotes. As you know, eukaryotes have nucleated cells. Among the eukaryotes we eat angiosperms (flowering, fruiting plants), herbivores which eat them, and predators which … Continue reading →

Posted in knowledge transfer | Tagged Agrobacterium tumefaciens, bacterium, biotechnology, Bt crop, cotton, crop, eukaryote, prokaryote | 3 Comments

Contamination Matters – Why GM crops can’t be managed at a national level

Posted on June 5, 2014 by argylesock

Rob White at GM Freeze in Manchester, England, tells us that GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops can’t be managed at a national level. As you know I’m quite discouraged about this biotech. Is the GM crops war over? I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture | Tagged academia, America, Asia, biodiversity, biotechnology, Bt crop, crop, escaping transgene, Europe, flax, flax Triffid, food, genetic modification, grain, herbicide resistance, insecticide, law, oilseed, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, research, rice, rice Bt63, rice LL601, rice LL62, textile, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | 9 Comments

Is the GM crops war over? What’s next?

Posted on May 31, 2014 by argylesock

GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops are a fact of life by now. In our interconnected world (remember the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, which might be finalised soon) I think that people who oppose GM crops may have … Continue reading →

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Australian crops with or without genetic modification

Posted on April 16, 2014 by argylesock

Steve Marsh is a Western Australian farmer who sued his neighbour Michael Baxter for ‘reckless’ harvesting of GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) canola (oilseed rape, rapeseed, Brassica napus). Some GM canola seeds ended up on Mr Marsh’s land. Mr Marsh … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, money and trade | Tagged arthropod, Asia, biotechnology, brassica, Bt crop, canola, cotton, crop, disease, escaping transgene, farmer, fire, foot and mouth disease, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, insect, insecticide, law, Marsh_Steve, Monsanto, oilseed, organic, pest, plant_dicot, potato blight, rapeseed, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, seed, weed | 2 Comments

Monsanto Admits: 1. We Don’t Need Genetic Engineering, 2. We Don’t Need Monsanto

Posted on March 26, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on Volatility:
> Recently Wired magazine ran a Monsanto infomercial touting its alleged change of strategic course on vegetables. Monsanto, through its subsidiaries Seminis and others, is selling a line of high-end conventional vegetables dolled up as some kind of high-tech breakthrough. Contrary…

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An organic farmer walks into Monsanto

Posted on February 1, 2014 by argylesock

The biotechnology giant Monsanto says that it’s ‘improving agriculture, improving lives.’ Do you agree? Monsanto is a chemical company. Some of its efforts to improve agriculture involve agrochemicals and genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE) seeds to be planted where … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged arthropod, biotechnology, breeding, Bt crop, Bt toxin, climate, climate-ready crop, crop, crop variety, development, farmer, genetic modification, herbicide, insect, insecticide, Monsanto, organic, patent, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, seed, soil, sustainable, trade, weed | 4 Comments

A GM potato for Europe?

Posted on December 25, 2013 by argylesock

Here in the European Union (EU), farmers were allowed to grow two crops that had been genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE, biotech). Now they’re only allowed to grow one of them. In July this year I said that whether … Continue reading →

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Bt crops

Posted on December 8, 2013 by argylesock

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) does what its name says it will do. Among other things, it promotes genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE) crops. On the other side of this heated debate, GM Watch … Continue reading →

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Living With GMO Insect Control

Posted on December 7, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Corn Rootworm Larva Genetically modified crops to control insect pests have both advantages and disadvantages. The most commonly deployed insect control genes express proteins from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis. The proteins specifically target…

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Wageningen researchers find yields from new crop varieties continue to increase

Posted on November 15, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on AgScience:
New varieties continue to yield more than their predecessors, according to research into varieties of winter wheat, spring barley, potatoes grown for starch and sugar beet which have been introduced in the Netherlands by plant breeding…

Posted in agriculture | Tagged arthropod, barley, BASF, biotechnology, breeding, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, crop, crop variety, data, development, genetic modification, harvest, insect, insecticide, law, maize, maize MON810, Monsanto, paper, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, potato Amflora, research, selective breeding, starch, sugar beet, textile, wheat, yield | 2 Comments