GMO Potatoes: Everything You Need to Know - GMO Answers
While not currently available for purchase, Simplot GMO potatoes have also received approval for other GM potato varieties. In addition to reducing browning and acrylamide, these potatoes are resistant to late blight, the disease responsible for the Irish potato famine. They also have a slower conversion of starch to sugars, enabling cold ...
Educational Resources - GMO Answers
GMO Answers was created to answer your questions about GMOs and make information about GMOs in food and agriculture easier to access and understand. From explaining how GMOs are made and used to providing information about their health and safety, we aim to provide you with important facts about GMOs. Here you will find materials that can be downloaded, printed and …
What Are Genetically Modified Organisms? - GMO Answers
The most common GMO crops include soybean, maize, cotton, canola, and alfalfa. The following GMO crops were also planted in different countries in 2018: papaya, eggplant, potato, apple, safflower, pineapple, and sugarcane. Please visit the ISAAA website for more information on GMO crops around the world. GMOs are created to achieve a desired ...
GMO Crops On The Market in the U.S. | List of GMO Foods - GMO …
Since GMOs were first approved for commercial use and planted in US soil in 1996, their production has rapidly increased; helping to make farming methods far more efficient and productive. The most common GMO crops include soybean, maize, cotton, canola, and alfalfa. The following GMO crops were also planted in different countries in 2018 ...
Pink Pineapple: Everything You Need to Know | GMO Answers
Pink pineapples are genetically modified fruit that stay pink and sweeter than yellow pineapples. GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are crops produced using a precise method of plant breeding to achieve desirable traits. Desirable traits include resistance to pests or non-browning produce to reduce food waste.
Everything You Need to Know About GMO Corn
GMO corn was planted on more than 60 million hectares, or 150 million acres. That’s almost the size of Texas! (Source: ISAAA) Corn is the most commonly grown crop in the United States, and most of it is GMO. Most GMO corn is created to resist insect pests or tolerate herbicides. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn is a GMO corn that produces ...
Rainbow Papaya: The Hero of Hawaii's Papaya Industry - GMO …
Papaya is the second most important Hawaiian fruit crop (pineapples are the first). In spite of ideal growing conditions, plant diseases are also present. Papaya ringspot virus was first detected in the 1940s and began affecting crop yields by the 1950s. By the late 1990s, papaya ringspot virus had affected every papaya producing region ...
What is GMO? | GMO Definition - GMO Answers
What is a GMO? By definition, a GMO, or genetically modified organism, is a plant, animal or another organism that has had its genetic makeup modified in order to produce a more desirable outcome, such as enhanced nutrition or a stronger resistance to disease. So, what is …
Who we are - GMO Answers
GMO Answers is an initiative committed to responding to your questions about how food is grown. Its goal is to make information about GMOs in food and agriculture easier to access and understand. The members and partners of GMO Answers commit to five core principles: Respecting farmers’ rights to choose the seeds that are best for their farms ...
How Are GMOs Made? How Do GMOs Work? - GMO Answers
GMOs are created by selecting and inserting a particular gene into a plant to produce a desired trait – such as resistance to pesticides. Farmers have been selectively cultivating plants for thousands of years. Choosing a plant, for example, based on its ability to survive certain conditions or on how many seeds it produces.