Agriculture Quote by Pamela Ronald

“Genetic engineering was messy. To force a sequence of foreign DNA into a plant, you couldn’t just snip the desired gene from the bacteria…

— Kenneth Eade

“Because the thing about viruses is that they're easily manipulated. The DNA they inject doesn't have to be destructive. It can be replaced with…

— Christian Cantrell

In the food case in particular, one of the technologies that could help there - genetic technologies that could create better crops with higher…

— Ramez Naam

In agriculture, people have taken wild plants that can't be eaten by people - and turned them into wonderful food sources. And that's because…

— Nina Fedoroff

New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more…

— Nina Fedoroff

Science that fails to embrace all living beings is far more dangerous than any virus!

— Steve Simmons

The fact is that humans have been shaping the genetics of what they eat for thousands of years. Genetic engineering simply speeds up the…

— Annalee Newitz

Surely, if we are going to be better at producing food of the right value, then we have to accept that genetic technology... is…

— Princess Anne

Genetic modification is a very powerful tool. But like any powerful tool, when using it, you have to take into account the environmental impact,…

— M. S. Swaminathan

“An arcane microbial defense, devised by microbes, discovered by yogurt engineers, and reprogrammed by RNA biologists, has created a trapdoor to the transformative technology…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

Plant genetic resources are seldom 'raw materials'; they are the expression of the current wisdom of farmers who have played a highly significant role…

— Melaku Worede

CRISPR-enabled 'gene drives' enable us to make changes to the germ-line of organisms permanent such that changes spread through the entire wild population, including…

— Dominic Cummings