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"We think we can use CRISPR to make plants more drought resistant," Staskawicz says.
The quest for strategies to make plants more resilient to such effects is therefore imperative.
This is done to remove pathogens, but research suggests it can also make plants more vulnerable to pests.
Scientists said research should allay fears that genetic engineering per se would make plants more prone to becoming vigorous, invasive pests.
"This technology is really a game changer for agriculture," says Staskawicz, whose group is working with genome editing to make plants more sustainable in an environmentally friendly manner.
The protein, produced from genetically engineered bacteria, has been shown to increase yields for tomatoes and peppers by up to 22percentt and make plants more tolerant of drought.
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It is examining several ways of making plants more tolerant of drought.
One specious line of argument is that the old rule inhibited companies from doing routine maintenance and making plants more efficient.
Work in Maureen Hanson's lab also looks to the future, engineering the fundamental process of photosynthesis with the ultimate goal of making plants more efficient at generating food, feed and fuel.
Simply plugging in to mycelial networks makes plants more resistant to disease.
An increase in plant height makes plants more susceptible to 'lodging' which often leads to dramatic yield losses (Khush, 1999).
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