
Keywords: Pierce's disease
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How CRISPR could help save crops from devastation caused by pestsE. F. Merchant, MIT Technology Review, 2023.![]() Researchers are now looking to add cutting-edge technology to California’s anti-Pierce’s arsenal, by changing the genome of the glassy-winged sharpshooter so that it can no longer spread the bacterium. Such a solution is possible thanks to CRISPR gene-editing technology, ... Keywords: agriculture, autocidal, Gene drive, genetic biocontrol, glassy-winged sharpshooter, Pierce's disease |

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