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Consumers care more about taste than gene editing for table grapes

Researchers surveyed more than 2,800 people to assess how accepting they might be of gene-edited table grapes, even though none are yet on the market. Most participants cared more about the grapes’ taste, followed by their appearance, than how the…

Isabel27/01/2023

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Researchers Uncover Key Codon Repeats Regulating Chilling Tolerance in Rice

A recent study has revealed a novel cold domesticated repair mechanism for DNA damage in rice, providing corresponding elite modules for the improvement of chilling tolerance trait in rice with the codon repeats at a single site.

Isabel26/01/2023

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Fewer moths, more flies: The complex relationships between plants and their pollinators have changed dramatically across the last century

In the far north of the planet, climate change is clearly noticeable. A new study in Finland now shows that in parallel there have been dramatic changes in pollinating insects. Researchers have discovered that the network of plants and their…

Isabel25/01/2023

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Breakthrough in plant breeding: Grafting and mobile CRISPR for genome editing in plants

A ground-breaking twist to the CRISPR tool – aka “genetic scissors” – is being put to use to edit plant genomes by scientists, signalling a methodology change. The discovery could simplify and speed up the development of novel, genetically stable…

Isabel24/01/2023

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Ethereal color variant of mysterious plant is actually a new species

Ghostly-looking Monotropastrum humile that is widely found across East and Southeast Asia. It often grows in woodlands where there is little sunlight, obtaining the nutrients it needs by feeding off the hyphae of fungi. Despite its wide distribution, it was previously believed…

Isabel23/01/2023

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Consumers care more about taste than gene editing for table grapes

Researchers Uncover Key Codon Repeats Regulating Chilling Tolerance in Rice

Fewer moths, more flies: The complex relationships between plants and their pollinators have changed dramatically across the last century

Breakthrough in plant breeding: Grafting and mobile CRISPR for genome editing in plants

Ethereal color variant of mysterious plant is actually a new species

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