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CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Drive Could Suppress Agricultural Pests

Author: Mick Kulikowski

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Diverse Crop Rotations Reduce Risk of Crop Loss Under Poor Growing Conditions

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are responding to the increasingly uncertain climate with a closer look at crop rotations. 
Historic potato plant affected by pathogen.

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Study Analyzes Potato-Pathogen ‘Arms Race’ After Irish Famine

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The Unintended Consequences of Success Against Malaria

Bed nets and insecticide sprays kept targeted mosquitoes at bay for decades, and those practices also killed household pests. Until they didn’t. 
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Commercial Stock Photos of Farmworkers Found Lacking

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Research will engage academic and industry partners to create and commercialize new technologies to shape the future of sustainable food production. 

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2 CALS Faculty Included in New Class of AAAS Fellows

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Three recessive genes are required to give carrots their orange color – and the beneficial precursor of vitamin A. 
Photo of CRISPR-modified and wild trees in an NC State greenhouse.

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Building a Better Forest Tree With CRISPR Gene Editing

Researchers reduce lignin levels and improve wood properties in poplar trees using the increasingly popular gene-editing system. 
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Bacterium Associated With Disease Found in N.C. Chiggers

The disease, scrub typhus, presents symptoms similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever. 
Picture of florescent flies.

Jun 12, 2023

CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Drive Could Suppress Agricultural Pests

Researchers use for the first time a gene-drive system on an important agricultural pest.