To that end, researchers at Oregon State University have now conducted a multi-year study using GMO poplar trees and found that engineering them to be sexually sterile is an effective containment ...

But the self-­proclaimed “nutheads” believe the reintroduction of a GMO, blight-resistant American chestnut at scale could also become a model for how environmentalists can redeploy trees in ...

Fox said the Chestnut Foundation, which welcomes the GMO tree even though it might render decades of cross-breeding effort pointless, is taking a cautious approach. “The Foundation is not going ...

A serious infectious disease nearly wiped out the beloved chestnut tree. Using genetic modification ... Predictably, the anti-GMO (and poorly named) Union of Concerned Scientists -- which is really ...

The researchers don't suggest GMO trees as a global warming cure-all but as one of many tactics. Part of an issue devoted to assessing the potential for sequestering carbon biologically ...

And if all goes according to plan, ten thousand GMO chestnut trees could be ready to plant in as little as five years. People could find them in parks and playgrounds and even in their neighbors ...

Genetically modified trees may help produce more efficient biofuels. Genetically engineered poplar trees will be more environmentally friendly when they are used to produce paper and biofuels.

Schlect sees a risk that consumers who are viscerally opposed to genetic engineering will avoid apples entirely, and the industry will have to spend precious time and money keeping GMO apples ...