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Boosting crops’ natural capabilities could help feed a warming world


Growing seasons are getting harder to predict, and crops need to perform across a wider range of environmental conditions than ever before. How are plant scientists rising to this challenge?

A new article in PNAS spotlights the complexities involved in engineering more resilient crops, and how RIPE researchers are finding solutions. The piece features perspectives from RIPE researchers Elizabete Carmo-Silva and Steven Burgess alongside other innovators in the field.

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