Video: How Bt Eggplant Rescued Bangladesh's Staple Crop
September 27, 2017| |
University of California Davis plant geneticist Pamela Ronald explains in an episode of Startalk (a podcast hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson) how Bangladeshi and Cornell scientists teamed together to fight destructive pests by developing GMO eggplants. Watch the video on Youtube.
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