Modern crop breeding is entering a new era of genome design, led by genome editing technologies as mainstream tools for targeted genome modification. In a review published in Nature Reviews Genetics, ...
A new study shows that a half-century of crop plant conservation in genebanks has been a major success for many crops. However, important crops are not protected as climate change, loss of traditional ...
SAN VICENTE DE TAGUA TAGUA, Chile, Nov 18 (Reuters) - An emerging group of farmers and growers in Chile, known as seed guardians, aim to protect the traditional crops of their ancestors, keeping them ...