India, May 16 -- Recent biotechnological innovations like genome - editing in crop breeding are seen as major achievements to address the challenges of food security and also to reduce the burden of agriculture to aggravate climate change.
This has been made possible due to the CRISPR-Cas system of genome editing discovered in 2012 and it has emerged as the most potent technology for genetic improvement of various life forms and is already making waves in agriculture and allied sectors.
Keeping in view the vast potential of this technology, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuele Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for the development of the CRISPR - Cas1 genome-editing tool. In agriculture, it enables precise modification...