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Research on potential crop improvements has been delayed or abandoned.
Many organizations have filed briefs in support of Monsanto's position — universities worried about incentives for research, makers of laboratory instruments and some big farmer groups like the American Soybean Association, which say seed patents have spurred crop improvements.
The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued improvements in yields, which may not actually happen.The Minnesota/McGill report ought to be yet another warning about the dangers of neglecting research into crop improvements.
Recently discovered genome editing methods have revolutionized available technology for crop improvements.
This provides the molecular basis for the agricultural application of Hpa1 and Hpa110 42 in crop improvements and also in increasing the ornamental value of horticulture plants.
In this chapter, we will broadly discuss the principles of the different techniques of genome editing and their applications in crop improvements.
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We can cope with genetic engineering and crop improvement.
First, research progress has been greatly slowed down, meaning crop improvement will now take longer.
The risk "is inherent in crop improvement," said Dr. Jeffrey Bennetzen, a corn expert at Purdue University.
"Our biggest problem is overproduction, but the developing world really needs crop improvement".
Moncada knows genetic insights will expedite crop improvement.
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