A field of potato plants in Michigan. Those on the left in the row are infected with potato blight, and those on the right have been bio-engineered with genes that give them resistance to potato blight.
May 31, 2022
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The science of spuds: Bioengineering makes strides toward better potatoes
BOISE — Turns out, that potato you bake or fry or boil and then mash? It’s way more genetically sophisticated than you are.