🟢 A Greenlight to remove chemicals from our crops 🟢 Double-stranded RNA has just been shown to be a rifle-shot treatment for plant viruses — "one of the most stubborn and costly challenges in global food production. Just months after proving we can control one of the world’s most destructive weeds, we’ve now shown that our RNA platform can also target viral pathogens across multiple crops, including tomatoes, corn, and soybeans. Why does this matter? According to the USDA, plant viruses account for over 1 billion metric tons in annual crop losses (with economic losses exceeding $30 billion and a climate impact approaching 1 GTon of CO2e). They are notoriously hard to manage, with few effective, scalable tools available. GreenLight has demonstrated effective control of most classes of pests and diseases that affect crops, including insects, acarids, destructive fungi and weeds, and now, plant viruses." — from And all this without chemical residues or any interaction with humans, bees or ladybugs. Company: