Misc.
- CRISPR is coming to agriculture — with big implications for food, farmers, consumers and nature - Gene editing offers dramatic advances in speed, scope and scale of genetic improvement. It also offers an opportunity for more nuanced GMO governance
How CRISPR works
Ensia
January 2016
- The CRISPR quandary - A new gene-editing tool might create an ethical morass— or it might make revising nature seem natural
The New Yrok Times
November 2015
- The next great GMO debate - Deep inside its labs, Monsanto is learning how to modify crops by spraying them with RNA rather than tinkering with their genes
MIT Technology Review
August 2015
- Planting a seed for CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing
Biocompare, May 2015
- Get to Know GMOs - Seed Improvement
- How do we create new and improved varieties of plants? It starts with the seed. This chart compares and contrasts modern methods of seed improvement.
GMO Answers
- Here's what 9,000 years of breeding has done to corn, peaches, and other crops
Vox, October 2014
- Marker Assisted Breeding: A paradigm shift in crop improvement research
Dr. Kiran B. Gaikwad, Scientist, Division of Genetics, IARI, New Delhi - April 2014
- In silico comparative analysis of SSR markers in plants
BMC Plant Biology, January 2011
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology
Molecular Breeding
Published by Springer Netherlands
Euphytica
SpringerLink
Keygene NV
Dupont Pioneer
Plant Breeding
Published by Blackwell Synergy
Aspects of Applied Biology
- Marker assisted breeding to enhance forage quality in ryegrass varieties
Yadav, R. S., Roderick, H. W., Lovatt, J. A., Skt, L., Wilkins, P. W.
Aspects of Applied Biology, 2003 (No. 70) 183-186
University of California
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