Engineering perishable crops for use in indoor farms promises to expand the adoption of this high-yielding, efficient means of food production.
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O’Sullivan, C.A., McIntyre, C.L., Dry, I.B. et al. Vertical farms bear fruit. Nat Biotechnol (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0400-z
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