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TL Jordan @[email protected] · 2023-06-26 · 07:58 UTC

Genome editing used to create disease-resistant rice

Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and an international team of scientists have used the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas to create disease-resistant rice plants, according to a new study published in the journal Nature June 14.

#CRISPR #rice #RiceBlast #fungus

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-genome-disease-resistant-rice.html

#fungus #riceblast #rice #crispr

Daniele de Rigo @[email protected] · 2023-05-03 · 18:55 UTC

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"the five most important calorie crops — #rice, #wheat, #maize (corn), #soya beans and #potatoes — can be affected by #RiceBlast fungus, wheat stem rust, corn smut, soybean rust and potato late blight disease [...], respectively.

And losses from these fungi equate to enough food to provide some 600 million to 4,000 million #people with 2,000 #calories every day for one year.

Such losses are likely to increase in a warming world" [5]

#FoodSecurity #agriculture #ClimateChange #preparedness

#rice #wheat #maize #soya #potatoes #riceblast

Daniele de Rigo @[email protected] · 2023-05-03 · 18:55 UTC

5/

"the five most important calorie crops — #rice, #wheat, #maize (corn), #soya beans and #potatoes — can be affected by #RiceBlast fungus, wheat stem rust, corn smut, soybean rust and potato late blight disease [...], respectively.

And losses from these fungi equate to enough food to provide some 600 million to 4,000 million #people with 2,000 #calories every day for one year.

Such losses are likely to increase in a warming world" [5]

#FoodSecurity #agriculture #ClimateChange #preparedness

#rice #wheat #maize #soya #potatoes #riceblast

Daniele de Rigo @[email protected] · 2023-05-03 · 18:55 UTC

5/

"the five most important calorie crops — #rice, #wheat, #maize (corn), #soya beans and #potatoes — can be affected by #RiceBlast fungus, wheat stem rust, corn smut, soybean rust and potato late blight disease [...], respectively.

And losses from these fungi equate to enough food to provide some 600 million to 4,000 million #people with 2,000 #calories every day for one year.

Such losses are likely to increase in a warming world" [5]

#FoodSecurity #agriculture #ClimateChange #preparedness

#rice #wheat #maize #soya #potatoes #riceblast

Daniele de Rigo @[email protected] · 2023-05-03 · 18:55 UTC

5/

"the five most important calorie crops — #rice, #wheat, #maize (corn), #soya beans and #potatoes — can be affected by #RiceBlast fungus, wheat stem rust, corn smut, soybean rust and potato late blight disease [...], respectively.

And losses from these fungi equate to enough food to provide some 600 million to 4,000 million #people with 2,000 #calories every day for one year.

Such losses are likely to increase in a warming world" [5]

#FoodSecurity #agriculture #ClimateChange #preparedness

#preparedness #climatechange #agriculture #foodsecurity #calories #people

Daniele de Rigo @[email protected] · 2023-05-03 · 18:55 UTC

5/

"the five most important calorie crops — #rice, #wheat, #maize (corn), #soya beans and #potatoes — can be affected by #RiceBlast fungus, wheat stem rust, corn smut, soybean rust and potato late blight disease [...], respectively.

And losses from these fungi equate to enough food to provide some 600 million to 4,000 million #people with 2,000 #calories every day for one year.

Such losses are likely to increase in a warming world" [5]

#FoodSecurity #agriculture #ClimateChange #preparedness

#rice #wheat #maize #soya #potatoes #riceblast