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CRISPR Produces Disease-resistant Cacao Plants |
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A research team at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) reported the successful development of disease-resistant cacao plants using gene editing. This breakthrough, published in Plant Biotechnology Journal, provides a solution to one of the biggest problems of the global chocolate industry—the black pod disease caused by a species of Phytophthora.
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Study Reveals Extreme Dwarfism in Wheat Impairs Gluten Composition and Baking Quality |
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A recent study by the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB) and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has found that extremely dwarf wheat, a variety developed during the Green Revolution to increase yields and prevent wind damage, has a less favorable gluten composition. As a result, it produces flour with poorer baking properties than semi-dwarf, dwarf, or tall wild-type wheat.
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A biweekly update on gene editing research, regulations, and impact
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| A monthly update on gene drive research and development provided by ISAAA in collaboration with the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research |
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