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Published online 20 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061120-2
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Toxin-free cotton could feed the poor
Engineered cottonseed has protein without poisons.
Researchers have genetically engineered cotton plants that produce toxin-free seeds, potentially unlocking enough nutritional content to feed half a billion people worldwide each year.
Cotton is grown in more than 80 countries and is a primary source of fibre for textiles, providing an important cash crop to some 20 million farmers in Asia and Africa.
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