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  • Correction 10 May 2022

Base edit your way to better crops

Caixia Gao and a member of her research team inspect CRISPR-modified tomato crops in a greenhouse

Caixia Gao and a member of her team inspect CRISPR-modified tomato plants in a greenhouse at their growing facility in Beijing. Credit: Stefen Chow

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Nature 604, 790-792 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01117-z

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  • Correction 10 May 2022: An earlier version of this Technology feature article erroneously implied that Pairwise’s leafy green vegetable was being base-edited to improve the nutritional content. In fact, the firm used standard CRISPR and targeted flavour. Also, the stoneless cherry is not yet in field testing.

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