Two scientists specializing in biotechnology and microbiology point to regulatory deficiencies that prevent Florida from addressing its declining citrus industry as robustly as it could.
CRISPR gene-editing allows scientists to make precise changes to a plant’s DNA. In citrus, researchers are using it to tweak genes that influence how trees respond to HLB. Crucially — from a regulatory point of view — many of these edits do not involve adding foreign DNA. Instead, they create small changes that could, in principle, occur naturally or through conventional breeding — only much more slowly.
There’s tons of research papers out there if you keyword search CRISPR gene-editing citrus trees on pubmed.
CRISPR gene-editing allows scientists to make precise changes to a plant’s DNA. In citrus, researchers are using it to tweak genes that influence how trees respond to HLB. Crucially — from a regulatory point of view — many of these edits do not involve adding foreign DNA. Instead, they create small changes that could, in principle, occur naturally or through conventional breeding — only much more slowly.
There’s tons of research papers out there if you keyword search CRISPR gene-editing citrus trees on pubmed.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41123679/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40275470/
Where is your ability to seek out sources of research when you read a summary article directed at the layperson?