The Future of Food: How TALENs are Revolutionizing Precision Breeding

Every crop growing in the field faces a difficult and constant battle long before it reaches your plate. From biotic stresses such as insects, fungi, and viruses, to abiotic environmental factors such as drought and extreme temperatures, these threats put immense pressure on the world’s global food supply. While traditional breeding has improved crops for centuries, the process often takes decades to develop a single new variety.

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