Source: Elizabeth Witherspoon, WRAL TECHWIRE, 8/2/19


Humans have been on a quest for the best possible berries since we emerged as hunter-gatherers. In more recent centuries, growers have tried to cultivate ideal varieties for traits such as taste, resistance to drought and disease, a longer shelf life and even to eliminate thorns from the stems for easier harvesting. Now Research Triangle Park-based plant genomics startup Pairwise and North Carolina State University are collaborating in a unique public-private partnership to vastly accelerate that process. 

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