New Rice Variety Created By CRISPR Gene-Edit Technology Can Yield Up To 31% More Grain Per Crop
Rice is one of the most plentiful food grains in the world, yet there's only so much rice a crop in the field can produce. At the same time, world hunger is on the rise, affecting over 10 per cent of the global population, according to a UN report.
To overcome this natural farming barrier, and to feed more people around the world, scientists have created a new variety of rice which can increase grains per crop by a whopping 31%.
Scientists have successfully come up with a simple technique to edit a rice plant -- at a genetical level -- and make it produce more rice grains per crop.
According to an Engadget report, through the use of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing scientists have created a rice plant variety that produces 25 to 31 percent more grain per plant in real world tests -- obviously, a lot more than what you'd otherwise get through planting a natural variety of rice.
https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/new-rice-variety-created-by-crispr-gene-edit-technology-can-yield-up-to-31-more-grain-per-crop-346275.html
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