Few GM tree species have as yet been deployed commercially. Two notable exceptions are the following: Bacillus thuringiensis toxin (Bt)-expressing poplar trees in China; and papaya trees ...

Common GMO foods include corn, soybeans, potatoes, and papaya. The first genetically modified food was a tomato, introduced in 1994. Since then, the controversy around genetically modified ...

Breakthroughs in functional genomics at TEDA are improving knowledge of genetically modified organisms. Transgenic papaya was introduced in 1990, but the changes in its genome following gene ...

A whopping 92% of the corn we eat is genetically modified, according to the USDA. In the 1990s, papayas in Hawaii faced extinction without help from GMO technology. Papayas in Hawaii were facing ...