WASHINGTON, DC, US — First commercially introduced for major field crops in 1996, adoption of genetically engineered (GE) seed varieties came quickly and currently is over 90% for corn, cotton and ...

On the first day of 2026, India introduced 185 new seed varieties to boost agricultural productivity. This includes a focus ...

A new study from Michigan State University shows that planting too much genetically modified corn designed to fight off a tough insect – the corn rootworm – especially in the eastern US Corn Belt ...

Being a seasoned gardener I have dedicated many gardening seasons to grow healthy plants with a vibrant landscape. Managing pests which include leafminers together with melon borers has remained my ...

Farmers in dozens of countries have embraced crops genetically engineered to produce proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria that kill some key pests yet are safe for people and wildlife.

New Delhi [India], March 24: Peptech Biosciences Ltd. announced the successful acquisition of technology from the National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), India. This groundbreaking ...

If you garden, you probably know that insects like to eat your fruits and vegetables before you do. Farmers know that too, and one way they address the wily insect pests is by engineering plants to ...

The biotech firm Benson Hill Biosystems and the seed company Beck’s say their six-year-old partnership has yielded a trait that increases the efficiency of photosynthesis in hybrid corn. The trait, a ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...