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Learn more about a collaborative project to harness wild tomatoes’ genetic diversity to improve cultivated tomato varieties.

High-antioxidant purple tomato from Norfolk Plant Sciences clears huge regulatory hurdle after FDA completes review.

The release, which FDA is expected to approve in the coming weeks, is the third in the genetically engineered line from Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc.

Vonnie Estes, the new VP of Technology for the Produce Marketing Association, provides insight on what the gene-editing tool means to farming and beyond.

Recent European Union court ruling a blow for plant biotech progress overseas. So what now here?

USDA’s new labeling and disclosure standards come as part of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law.

It seems that if we listened to the anti-GMO arguments, we would freeze plant breeding and innovation in time and stifle advancements in productivity and other positive traits.

Will opposition deny producers and consumers the benefits this technology has to offer?

The third release in the non-browning line, ‘Fuji’ has been approved for planting.

Other companies also have secured licenses, but few have announced plans to use the gene editing technology on vegetables.

Bejo Seeds Senior Tomato Breeder Doug Heath says modern plant breeding techniques give breeders the tools they need to solve growers’ challenges.

USDA OKs field release of pest with self-limiting gene at Cornell research farm.

Whether it is human genetics or genetics applied to plants, knowledge is growing at a dizzying pace.

While nature always finds a way to adapt, science continues to find other ways to cope.

RNAi technology aims to take out HLB vector.

Gene editing has the potential to aid growers in control of invasive pests.

Genome-editing from Broad Institute has potential to be a more precise tool to improve ag products.

Perhaps the greatest threat to our industry is a public that values instinctual opinion over careful research and the findings of experts who have dedicated years to their field of study.

The introduced genetic material is from wild potato varieties that are resistant to late blight.