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Explain It: Crispr, News And Communications Services

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Eduard Akhunov, professor of plant pathology, explains, in under 100 words, what CRISPR technology is and how it can evolutionize the global food system to feed the world’s growing population.

Patent Focus: Growing A Multimillion Dollar Industry For The State Of Kansas, Tiffany Roney

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The years of 2016 and 2017 will go down as bin-busters for Kansas State University plant breeders. K-State normally produces one wheat variety every one or two years, but in 2016 andso far in 2017, K-State breeders have produced six new varieties of wheat. The breedersalso were productive with canola, soybeans and grass, putting out two canola varieties,one soybean variety and the first turfgrass variety in several years. According to K-State plant breeders and licensing experts, these 10 new varieties will generate millions of dollars for the state, the university and Kansas farmers.

Shorts, News And Communications Services

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Shorts

• K-State: Where economic engagement excels
• Biologists find male, female live-bearing fish evolve differently
• A discovery for the record books
• Center for Sensory Analysis helping consumers ‘Fight Bac'
• This network planted in safety
• ‘X’cellent power: Physicists create ‘molecular black hole’ using ultra-intense X-ray pulses
• Spice up your life — and your meats
• Raising a stink: Corpse flower experience feast for the eyes, but a sock to the nose

Tracking A Silent Killer, Greg Tammen

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A genetics race to protect America’s food supply and economy.

Final Transmission, Greg Tammen

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Plant pathologists work to stop plant diseases and the insects that spread them