Agro-Biotech News

Researchers from South China Agricultural University reported the successful application of multiplex genome editing to improve the agronomic traits in salt-tolerant rice. Their findings are published in the Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. Soil salinization is considered one of the major challenges in crop production. As global warming causes loss of water in soils, it contributes to making soils saltier. Thus, developing salt-tolerant crops is a durable strategy to address the challenge of soil salinization.