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Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be permitted in England

Plants’ genetic defences may hold key for crop protection, researchers say

Improving the stress memory of crops could make them more resistant to attack and reduce the need for harmful pesticides, a new study suggests.

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UW-Madison researchers studying more targeted alternative to pesticides

RNA interference could be better for the environment, professor says.

Food fears grow as swarms of locusts reach Uganda and Tanzania

Food fears grow as swarms of locusts reach Uganda and Tanzania

Outbreak in east Africa has already devastated crops across a swath of Kenya and Somalia.

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