Rising global temperatures have shone a brighter spotlight on the need for heat-tolerant crops - particularly those enhanced to withstand more heat via genome editing.
France-based bioscience startup Plantik Biosciences has spent the last few years developing a process for this, starting with tomatoes.
A global staple crop, tomatoes can't withstand extreme heat. As climate change continues, some estimate substantial declines in tomato production because of this.
Plantik is tackling the problem through its genome-editing platform, which produces high-heat-tolerant tomatoes in a fraction of the time it would take through traditional breeding processes: 12 months versus five to eight years, according to Plantik cofounder and CEO Ying Shao.
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