jueves, noviembre 18, 2004

PAN-AMERICAN ADVENTURE: Chapingo, Mexico

Beyond GMO … the REAL answer to healthy, disease resistant crops

Down in Mexico, two plant scientists, despite lack of funding and support, are staging a true green revolution. By using a strategy called horizontal resistance to breed bean plants with broad genetic resistance to diseases and pests, they are outperforming GMO and commercial crop varieties … without the need for pesticides! This is a must read piece. Be patient with the science and you’ll be richly rewarded.

By Don Lotter, Ph.D.



Dr. Roberto Garcia and Dr. Raoul Robinson in a field of horizontally disease resistant bean cultivars. Robinson helped develop the techniques for horizontal disease resistance breeding. Photos by Roberto Garcia.

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