In the May issue, in the Biotech column, there was news about an entirely Italian experiment on a new genetically modified rice variety designed to resist Rice Blast, a serious disease that afflicts rice paddies and necessitates regular fungicide treatments. Resulting from Crispr-Cas9 technologies, the new rice had obtained all the necessary authorizations and was subsequently transplanted in Mezzana Bigli, in the Pavia area, at the farm of Count Federico Radice Fossati. The past tense is used because that rice no longer exists. On the night between June 20th and…
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