CRISPR-Cas9 Provides Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers

Gene editing technology holds potential to revolutionize the way scientists approach plant breeding, according to a new article in SeedWorld. A panel of expert scientists took on this subject at the recent Borlaug Dialogue conference in Des Moines, Iowa.
Using CRISPR-Cas9 to select or suppress desired traits in a genome is almost as simple as editing a Microsoft Word document on a computer, says Feng Zhang, the originator of the technology who is a core member of the Broad Institute of