Sugarcane, a crucial worldwide food and bioenergy crop, accounts for approximately 80% of the world's sugar production, with its largest cultivation in Brazil and India. As the 5th largest crop by ...

A simple breeding experiment, combined with genetic analysis, can rapidly uncover genes that promote cooperation and higher yields of plant populations, according to a new study. The results have the ...

Current sugarcane breeding methods, involving a lengthy 10- to 12-year multistage selection process, have resulted in slower yield improvements compared to other major crops. The main obstacles in the ...

Modern crop breeding is entering a new era of genome design, led by genome editing technologies as mainstream tools for targeted genome modification. In a review published in Nature Reviews Genetics, ...

A RIPE team determined through measurement analysis of field trials that a crucial soybean photosynthesis improvement with traditional breeding methods is unlikely. Gene editing could be the key to ...

Suggested Citation: "7 Future Genetic-Engineering Technologies." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects. Washington, ...