A video that describes a new gene editing technology, ‘CRISPR: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats’, which could be utilized in agricultural production in response to climate change. This video by Zachary Lippman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), highlights his use of CRISPR gene editing in two varieties of tomato plants to make them flower and ripen earlier than usual.
Students will learn briefly about growth cycles in tomato plants, and their tendency to reduce yield when days are longer. They will further understand the use of CRISPR technology in tomato plants and how this approach is useful to obtain faster and higher yields of the tomato crop.
Use this tool to help your students find answers to:
Discuss how climate change might impact the growth of the tomato plant.
Discuss the role of CRISPR in agricultural production using the tomato crop as an example.
About the tool
Tool Name
Gene editing yields tomatoes that flower and ripen weeks earlier
Discipline
Biological Sciences
Topic(s) in Discipline
Gene Editing, CRISPR, Tomato Plant, Cultivation
Climate Topic
Climate and Agriculture; Climate and the Biosphere
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