CRISPR breathing new life into crop breeding––can it avoid GMO controversy?
Story Date: 11/22/2017

 

Source: Andrew Porterfield, GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 11/21/17

This year’s US wheat harvest was the lowest in 15 years, according to the USDA. The reasons run from low prices and wet spring weather to pests and diseases. But some producers are looking to precise gene-editing techniques to grow wheat that could produce hardier, more successful grains.

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