Bacterial leaf streak is re-emerging in cereal crops on Canada’s Prairies. With no fungicides or resistant varieties, researchers are testing plant genes for future control of the disease.
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Researchers chase resistance to bacterial leaf streak
Manitoba researchers are testing whether known resistance genes can be effective against bacterial leaf streak in cereal crops
Developing nations outpace Canada on gene-editing livestock
How do Canada and its current regulatory approach compare to other countries?
Canada may want to gauge how Argentina and other countries have approached gene editing in livestock and what that has meant for local innovation in developing countries.
Canadian company calls for transparency on gene-edited pigs
PRRS-resistant pigs could bolster animal health, but Quebec company duBreton says Canadian approval of the gene-edited livestock could also cause consumer confusion
Quebec pork company duBreton says Canadian approval of gene-edited pigs could cause consumer confusion without labelling rules on the meat.
Quebec pork company calls for transparency around gene-edited pigs
Quebec-based pork company duBreton is calling for transparency around meats from gene-edited pigs on concerns that a lack of mandatory labelling will confuse consumers, and dilute certification claims. The organic sector is also calling for labelling rules.
World’s first gene-edited horses are shaking up the genteel sport of polo
Argentine polo authorities balk at arrival of gene-edited horses
Kheiron Biotech, an Argentine company, has bred gene-edited polo ponies and says gene-editing has the potential to revolutionize horse breeding.
Gene editing up a better canola crop: FEATURE
Canola gene editing project taps maize genetics for a more robust, higher yielding plant
Gene editing techniques and maize genetic material may be the seed for more robust and stress tolerant canola plants. Canadian research is trying to make it happen.
U.S. gene edited pig approval a test for Canada’s rules
The gene edit makes pigs resistant to the tough PRRS virus
The U.S. has approved pigs gene edited to be resistant to disease for use in the food chain. Canada should be watching closely.
Gene edited pig gets green light in America
Pork made from gene-edited pigs could soon be on supermarket shelves in Canada.
Gene-edited pigs get consumer traction
A company developing pigs through gene editing, which will be resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), found the public was largely neutral or positive about the idea
Canadian and U.S. farmers may get pigs resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in the not-too-distant future, but the public has to accept the gene editing used to develop them.
China to develop gene-editing tools, new crop varieties in biotech initiative
China issued guidelines on Friday to promote biotech cultivation, focusing on gene-editing tools and developing new wheat, corn, and soybean varieties, as part of efforts to ensure food security and boost agriculture technology.
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