Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 8/8/18


French wineries have to use a lot of pesticide to keep their grapes healthy, and that’s both expensive and costly …. The country might just have a solution, though. Researchers at France’s Institute of Agronomical Research (INRA) recently received permission to grow four grape varieties that are genetically resistant to mildew rot, eliminating much of the need for pesticides.

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