Which wild plants could be used as a new source of crops?
Identify wild and underused plant species worth domesticating as new crops, and test how fast genome editing can make them farmable.
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Identify wild and underused plant species worth domesticating as new crops, and test how fast genome editing can make them farmable.
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Explain why and how some plant pathogens jump to new host species, and predict which crop–pathogen pairs are at risk.
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Find how close crops can get to the theoretical maximum efficiency of photosynthesis, and which energy losses can be engineered away.
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Settle whether organic, biodynamic and conventional farming produce food with measurably different nutrients, contaminants and health effects.
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Engineer cereals to form root nodules that host nitrogen-fixing bacteria, cutting the need for synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
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Find when and where applied mycorrhizal fungi really raise crop yields, and how to predict success and check products before sowing.
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Test whether priming crop defences can give broad, durable protection in farmers’ fields at little cost to yield, and cut pesticide use.
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