Gene-Editing Technology to Create Virus-Resistant Cassava Plant Has Opposite Effect

ENN
Apr 26, 2019, 8:16 am148 pts
Using gene-editing technology to create virus-resistant cassava plants could have serious negative ramifications, according to new research by plant biologists at the University of Alberta, the University of Liège in Belgium and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

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