Genetically modified purple tomatoes will be grown and sold in Australia within months after regulator approval. The Purple Bliss tomato was bred to include genes from the snapdragon flower to boost ...

Purple tomatoes are due to hit shelves this year, packing possible health benefits. Here’s what you need to know.

Dr Pegler said the purple tomato was "Australia's first commercially approved genetically modified (GM) crop whose primary ...

Emily A. Buddle has received funding from the Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, the Australian Research Council and Meat and Livestock Australia. She is currently an ...

Like other developing countries, Indonesia is facing a familiar dilemma: how to feed a growing population while protecting its extraordinary biodiversity. Food security has become a pressing concern ...

European Union negotiators reached a deal on new rules that pave the way for gene editing, a technique that will help farmers produce healthier animals and crops as they adjust to climate change.

While selective breeding of crops has been advocated for millennia, genome-editing enables precise, targeted and intentional changes that transcend traditional breeding practices. Obvious advantages ...

Nine years ago, lawmakers thought they had settled the issue of GMO labeling. A law passed in the summer of 2016 after months of negotiation shut down state labeling requirements and gave companies a ...

Kenyan farmers like Gilbert arap Bor are losing money every day and food security for all is challenged because farmers have not been allowed to plant biotech crops. Kenyan farmers like me are losing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa State University agronomy professor Kan Wang has spent her career studying Agrobacterium. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa ...