
Scientists: GM Grape could Revitalize Midwest Wine Industry
October 17, 2008 |
Scientists from the University of Illinois have developed a new grape variety resistant to the popular herbicide 2, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic or 2, 4-D. The new variety, named Improved Chancellor, harbors a bacterial gene that allows them to metabolize the herbicide. Normally, 2, 4-D is lethal to most grape varieties even at concentrations 1/100th of the amount used to kill broadleaf weeds.
"After the grapes have been tested and found safe to eat, I think it's going to be beneficial to Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and other Midwestern states -- anywhere grain is grown and 2, 4-D is sprayed on the crops," said Robert Skirvin, plant biologist in the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. Because the new grape is genetically modified, it has not been tested outside the greenhouse yet. The researchers hope to get permission to grow them in an isolation plot outdoors by spring 2009.
Read the full article at http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news4528.html
|
Biotech Updates is a weekly newsletter of ISAAA, a not-for-profit organization. It is distributed for free to over 22,000 subscribers worldwide to inform them about the key developments in biosciences, especially in biotechnology. Your support will help us in our mission to feed the world with knowledge. You can help by donating as little as $10.
-
See more articles:
-
News from Around the World
- Biotech's 'Luminous Protein' Bags Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Political, Financial Push Urged to End Hunger
- FAO-Wageningen University Agreement on Science for Development
- Several Countries Still with Alarming Levels of Hunger
- IFAD Grant to Benefit Republic of Congo’s Rural Poor
- Scientists: GM Grape could Revitalize Midwest Wine Industry
- Diatoms are Transgenic by Nature, says Study
- Retooled Approach To Bio-based Butanol Production
- A Seed Bank to Document Plant Evolution
- China’s GM Rice Push, Is it necessary?
- Limited Release of GM Clover in Australia
- Asian Scientists Cooperate in Biofuel Development
- Indonesia "Needs to Enter Era of Biotech" Says Government Savants
- Aussie Farmer Receives Trade and Technology Promotion Award
- Do European Consumers Buy GM Foods?
- New Safety Research Projects on GM Crops
- Impact Report on "Not Yet EU-authorized' GMs
- Dow AgroSciences Acquires German Hybrid Seed Company
-
Research Highlights
- Calcium-Biofortified Lettuce
- RNA Silencing-Mediated Resistance to a Crinivirus in Sweet Potato
-
Announcements
- Second IAALD Africa Conference
- 2009 International Conference on Horticulture
- Request for Proposals: Grand Challenges in Global Health
-
Read the latest: - Biotech Updates (April 16, 2025)
- Gene Editing Supplement (April 16, 2025)
- Gene Drive Supplement (February 22, 2023)
-
Subscribe to BU: - Share
- Tweet