{"id":96300,"date":"2025-08-26T04:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/96300\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T04:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:29:07","slug":"ai-paired-with-gene-editing-poised-to-escalate-fight-against-tomato-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/96300\/","title":{"rendered":"AI paired with gene editing poised to escalate fight against tomato diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aided by artificial intelligence, researchers at UC Davis managed to strengthen<\/a> plants\u2019 immune response by re-engineering protein structures that detect disease, known as immune receptors, to recognize newly evolved pathogens. The method may provide a more sustainable solution for tomato farmers near Sacramento \u2014 the Big Tomato \u2014 who typically fight illnesses such as wilt disease<\/a> and southern blight<\/a> with environmentally damaging pesticides.<\/p>\n

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Gene editing plants to improve resistance [o]ffers an alternative to pesticide use, which can unintentionally harm humans and the environment. <\/p>\n

If the process can be applied on a larger scale, the U.S. Department of Agriculture would consider modified crops gene-edited rather than transgenic. The latter encompasses organisms containing artificially introduced genetic material from a different species, and are regulated more closely by the USDA. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll only change a very small fraction of the receptor, that sweet spot,\u201d [Tianrun \u201cJerry\u201d] Li said. \u201cSo that will give you a faster turnaround time to introduce that in the field and benefit growers in a shorter time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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