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Finding a Plant for (most) Seasons | David Des Marais | TEDxBoston

David Des Marais |

TEDxBoston

• November 2022

Modern biotechnology empowers us to alter a plant's genome in nearly limitless ways, possibly opening the door to resilient, low-impact, low-input crops. But what, exactly, are we aiming for? How do we help the plant get there? And what can evolutionary biology and medical genetics teach us about plant breeding? I make the case for a new approach to identify and implement climate-resilient traits for agriculture, offering a vision for the future of food production and environmental stewardship. Agriculture, Big Data, Climate Change, Evolution, Plants

Modern biotechnology empowers us to alter a plant's genome in nearly limitless ways, possibly opening the door to resilient, low-impact, low-input crops. But what, exactly, are we aiming for? How do we help the plant get there? And what can evolutionary biology and medical genetics teach us about plant breeding? I make the case for a new approach to identify and implement climate-resilient traits for agriculture, offering a vision for the future of food production and environmental stewardship. Agriculture, Big Data, Climate Change, Evolution, Plants

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