Faster-Growing Trees

Published 2025-03

University of Georgia researchers have achieved a remarkable breakthrough in tree genetics: Using CRISPR technology, they edited a flower repressor gene to reduce poplar tree flowering time from 10 years to just three months.

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openFewer than two later editions exist yet (D33).

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

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All captured fields

rank: 272
section: Biotechnology
subsection: Application: Food, Beverages and Agriculture
subject: Faster-Growing Trees
page: 344
confidence: medium
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