Plant geneticists develop a new application of CRISPR to break yield barriers in crops

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have harnessed the still untapped power of genome editing to improve agricultural crops.  Using tomato as an example, they have mobilized CRISPR/Cas9 technology to rapidly generate v...