By Michael Hirtzer
Bloomberg News
Two of the world’s biggest farm companies are collaborating for the first time in an effort to stomp out fungal diseases in crops. Their new innovation will mean that plants will be genetically engineered to emit a fluorescent light warning of the fungi invaders.
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