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A Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC) vai dinamizar, no dia 17, pelas 14h30, em formato presencial, no Auditório H1 e online, o seminário “A floresta e as micorrizas”.
Latin American researchers are using gene editing to breed hardier varieties of staple crops and fruits, according to an Alliance for Science Live webinar. Right: Researcher Claudia Stange/ChileBio Among them are Claudia Stange Klein, a professor in the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Chile, who is currently using CRISPR to breed tomato and kiwi varieties that can tolerate drought and soil salinity. She is also editing apples to increase their nutritional profile with a higher content of carotenoids and resist the oxidation that causes browning after ...