Besides being cold-weather recipe favorites, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cassava have something else is common. All of them can benefit from gene editing.
2 billion people did not have regular access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food in 2019. Gene editing is an innovation that could provide new solutions.
A PhD candidate at Michigan State University, Natalie specializes in potatoes – in particular, looking at which genes make certain potatoes naturally resistant.