Awareness or Acceptance? What Consumers Really Think About Precision Breeding
Precision breeding: awareness versus acceptance
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Genetic Editing
Genome editing allows plant breeders to make very precise changes to DNA. Genome editing can be used to make changes to a plant or other organism by targeting at a specific location in a gene within the DNA. Genome editing can be used to add, remove, or alter DNA in the plant genome.
SPS Agreement Risks Faster Precision-Bred Crop Delivery
EU reset threatens precision breeding
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Precision breeding regulations come into force
The first three gene-edited cereals are being submitted for approval to be drilled in commercial farm trials in England during 2026. Tom Allen-Stevens explains the new regulatory regime. New regulations governing the development, release and marketing of precision-bred crops in England came into force in November, marking a major step in the implementation of the
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New genomic technologies flex their potential
Billions are being invested in gene editing globally, but what innovations will that investment deliver? Tech Farmer visited the World AgriTech Innovation Summit to gain a global perspective on what it might deliver for UK farmers. Written by Mike Abram There’s been no shortage of global investment in gene editing, even if venture capital funding
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New sequenced genome sheds light on weed resistance
Written by the Earlham Institute Genomic advances reveal how similar weeds can dominate wheat fields that are geographically separated by over 5,000 miles. Two new Alopecurus genomes have been sequenced, providing important additions to the growing body of community resources for weed genomics. Access to the genomes for blackgrass and orange foxtail, sometimes called shortawn foxtail, will
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The power of diversity
A change in English law now allows certain gene-edited crops to be grown on commercial farms. Tech Farmer visits the scientists working with a new farmer-led platform that will make the first three introductions. Rarely would you find so many misfits in the same place. Looking closely you can see spikelets within a wheat ear
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Seeds of a wild idea
Wild plants could hold the genetic key to a step change in productivity across major agricultural crops. Tech Farmer visits the labs of a new start-up that’s sifting through the genomes.
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