Maize will continue to expand and diversify as an industrial resource and a feed and fuel
crop in the near future. The United Nations estimate that in 2050 the global population will …

Background Within the last decades, genome-editing techniques such as CRISPR/Cas,
TALENs, Zinc-Finger Nucleases, Meganucleases, Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis …

The question whether new genetic modification techniques (nGM) in plant development
might result in non-negligible negative effects for the environment and/or health is significant …

Domestication and breeding have created productive crops that are adapted to the climatic
conditions of their growing regions. Initially, this process solely relied on the frequent …

To meet the increasing global demand for food, feed, fibre and other plant‐derived products,
a steep increase in crop productivity is a scientifically and technically challenging …

Australia's gene technology regulatory scheme (GT Scheme) regulates activities with
genetically modified organisms (GMOs, organisms modified by gene technology), including …

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology has been
used to confer crop resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and to improve crop yields and …

Worldwide, an increasing number of regulatory systems have begun to consider
applications for the authorization of activities involving gene-edited organisms for agri-food …

Background Increasing demand for food and concerns over the environmental impact of
agriculture has prompted the search for alternatives to many conventional farming practices …

Genome editing has emerged as a powerful tool for accelerating crop improvement in
horticultural crops by enabling precise modifications to their genetic makeup. This review …