GM #cotton was released for commercial cultivation over 2 decades ago. Rapid increase in acreage indicates its success. Environmental stresses limit #yields gains. Speed #breeding tools and #geneediting could be used to develop #GMO for such environments:
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"Targeted Breeding in Cotton Using CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing" Zhang B, Rahman M. In: Rahman M., Zafar Y., Zhang T. (eds) Cotton Precision Breeding. 2021-06-09. https://t.co/FvFPKgjBum