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Gene silencing could ‘fool’ plants into surviving harsh environments
By temporarily silencing the expression of a critical gene, researchers fooled soybean plants into sensing they were under siege, encountering ...
CRISPR chocolate? Gene editing boosts cacao trees’ disease resistance
Use of the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 could help to breed cacao trees that exhibit desirable traits such as enhanced ...
GMO rescue of American chestnut tree may take longer than anticipated
The nearly century-old effort to employ selective breeding to rescue the American chestnut, which has been rendered functionally extinct by ...
Honey bee defenses could be strengthened through genes linked to stress resilience
A core set of genes involved in the responses of honey bees to multiple diseases caused by viruses and parasites ...
Widely-held belief that food production must double by 2050 to feed growing population ‘not supported by data’
"Food production must double by 2050 to feed the world's growing population." This truism has been repeated so often in ...