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Sustainable Agriculture

Our surging population size and changing climate severely threaten future food security.

With the newfound ability to modify plant genomes easily and precisely with CRISPR-Cas enzymes, we have an unprecedented opportunity to improve agriculture. The IGI uses genome editing to create sustainable crops that are resistant to pests and diseases and less dependent upon chemical fertilizers. We will also produce more healthful and nutritious food. We are committed to ensuring that robust new crop varieties will be broadly available and benefit both the developed and developing worlds.

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Principal Investigators

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Research Projects

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Published Papers

Key Goals

Establish new ways to deliver CRISPR components to crops
Develop strategies to edit plant DNA without foreign DNA insertion
Explore the genetic basis of disease resistance and generate plants that are immune to infection
Engineer the crops of the future: climate change-resistant, sustainable, and nutritious

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Perspective: Could The Hornless Cattle Editing Error Be Prevented?

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Pam Ronald and David Zilberman Elected to National Academy of Sciences

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Brian Staskawicz Elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society

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Entrepreneurial Fellow Schultink Awarded NSF Small Business Innovation Grant

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