The use of genome editing to enhance the natural ability of plants and soil microbes to capture and store carbon is being studied at the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California-Berkeley. The institute’s researchers see an opportunity to increase levels of soil carbon across broad swaths of managed agricultural lands.
Genome-editing aimed at carbon removal
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Researchers at the Innovative Genomics Institute study rice fields in California. They'll analyze soil microbes responsible for emitting and storing carbon.
Jesse Jones examines genome-edited seedlings of crop plants. He’s the laboratory manager of the Plant Genomics and Transformation Facility at the Innovative Genomics Institute.
