(thanks to Herb) An Israeli start-up has a way to make plants genetically resistant to disease. Morflora’s Dotan Peleg and Miri Lapidot believe they will change the face of global agriculture. The U.S. government found the technology so promising that it’s helping to fund trials.
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/homegrown-israeli-idea-for-conquering-the-world-food-shortage-1.423959