Molecular Breeding Makes Crops Hardier and More Nutritious
Posted by Scientific American - Energy & Sustainability on 22 December, 2009
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For the past two decades, promises of crop improvement have been the domain of genetically modified plants : mostly, crops supplemented with bacterial genes to resist pests or weedkillers like Roundup. More than 85 percent of U.S. corn, soy or cotton grown contains such genes.
But there is more than one way to transform a plant.
