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These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

  • Written by Yi Li, Professor of Plant Science, University of Connecticut
These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOsThe lighter citrus plants have been edited using CRISPR to alter the phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene which gives them a white color. Yi Li, CC BY-SA

To feed the burgeoning human population, it is vital that the world figures out ways to boost food production.

Increasing crop yields through conventional plant breeding is inefficient – the...

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