Barcoding Plants to Boost the Productivity of Small Farmers Globally.
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BBC reports that the Malaysian research firm, Orion Biosains, says it has developed a small device that palm oil farmers can use to determine how much a fruit a plant will yield.
An Orion Biosains researchers wonders “if this is the beginning of “DNA-based molecular precision agriculture,” as growers can concentrate on the best plants and discard low yield ones.
Tags: agriculture, agronomy, molecular engineering, DNA
