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Raise your hand if you have been lead to believe that organic food is GMO free. Go ahead, don’t be shy, because I WAS TOO! During my research of GMO (genetically modified organism), I have come to realize that organic or not, companies are in the business of making money. Sometimes, to push a...
As computer models predicted, three genetically modified plants (on left) make better use of the limited sunlight available when their leaves are shaded, boosting yields by about 20% compared to the wildtype (on right).
Image credit: Haley Ahlers/University of Illinois
Irrigation lines snake through field trials to improve the photosynthetic efficiency of plants at the University of Illinois South Farms. These plants have been engineered to quickly adapt to fluctuations in light intensity to photosynthesize optimally.
Image Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois
postdoc Johannes Kromdijk, plant biology professor Stephen Long, postdoc Katarzyna Glowacka in RIPE program greenhouse.
A member of a decontamination unit from environmental activist group Greenpeace bags genetically-engineered Bt talong (eggplant) from an experimental field trial site in Bay town in the province of Laguna, in an effort to contain contaminants, February 17, 2011.
© Veejay Villafranca / Greenpeace
Garnet Hertz in the Tissue Culture Lab at UCI as part of the Symbiotica BioTech Art Workshop. Photo by Tad Hirsch.
Team members of the RIPE project transplanting seedlings for the 2016 field trials. RIPE is engineering crops that more efficiently turn the sun's energy into food. This project could increase yields by as much as 60% to help smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia feed their communities and provide for their families.
Thursday public discussion, with guest presentation on UCI's Tissue Culture research by Andrew J Putnam.
Team members of the RIPE project transplanting seedlings for the 2016 field trials. RIPE is engineering crops that more efficiently turn the sun's energy into food. This project could increase yields by as much as 60% to help smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia feed their communities and provide for their families.