China gives nod to gene edited wheat, corn in landmark approval
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The ag ministry (MARA) quietly announced commercial safety approval for two gene-edited (GE) crops on Wednesday, including:
A corn variety tweaked for higher yields
A wheat variety edited for resistance to a common crop disease
This is huge: Not only is this China's first-ever commercial approval ...