Genetically modified foods are a hot-button issue. Many people are hesitant to eat plants or animals that have been enhanced with foreign genes, citing health and environmental concerns, the perceived ...

Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, according to researchers at the University of Sheffield As sea levels rise, seawater is reaching places it ...

Can gene editing truly support smallholder farmers and help Indonesia achieve food sovereignty, or will it simply revive the ...

China's health authorities are investigating allegations that genetically modified "golden rice" was tested on Chinese children as part of a joint China-U.S. research project, Reuters reported. The ...

Genetically engineering rice to have better salt tolerance could allow it to be grown in places it would otherwise fail, new research from the University of Sheffield has found. As sea levels rise as ...

WASHINGTON -- Five months after Ventria Bioscience was forced to scuttle plans to grow genetically modified rice in Missouri's Bootheel region, the company is focusing its sights on the northwest part ...

Forget the potatoes-and-poo recipe suggested by Andy Weir’s 2011 book The Martian—new research suggests that it’s genetically modified rice that could one day feed the first Mars colonists. Mars is at ...

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Agriculture has granted preliminary approval for a large-scale plan to grow genetically altered rice in Kansas, prompting some critics to raise safety concerns.

India is close to approving a genetically edited variety of mustard, which offers better nutrition and disease resistance ...

LOS BANOS, Philippines (Reuters) - Some rice-producing nations may drop their reluctance to use genetically modified (GM) seeds in the next few years to help offset a crisis that has forced millions ...

Genetically engineering rice to have better salt tolerance could allow it to be grown in places it would otherwise fail, new research from the University of Sheffield has found. As sea levels rise as ...