Answers to Questions from a Journalist The rate of adoption of genetically engineered crops by farmers once approved by the federal government has been as fast or faster than the rate of adoption of new smartphones, apps, and GPS by the general public, and for the same reasons: these modern technologies bring value and convenience […]
Toxic Straw or Root Disease: Allelopathy Overrated
Read about the depressed yields of wheat in conservation tillage systems misdiagnosed and researched for 30 years as allelopathy caused by toxins in the straw that turned out to be infectious root diseases due to lack of crop rotation.
First Field Test in the U.S. Pacific Northwest with a Genetically Modified Organism
Read how the tools of rDNA technology, also known as “genetic engineering,” have been used in the past to reveal useful information about plant diseases and new approaches to their control.