High-efficiency genome editing toolkit for sorghum
When food shopping, I tend to opt for organic products. These often have an extra label touting their GMO-free status, since organic farming prohibits the use of genetically modified organisms. That includes organisms created with “new genomic techniques” (NGTs) like CRISPR. But there’s a paradox: plants bred using conventional mutagenesis (i.e., random mutagenesis with chemicals and radiation) are generally allowed in organic farming, even though these techniques are more likely than modern gene editing to produce unintended mutations in the…
