Here’s how biotechnology can reduce threats from disease and pests without resorting to sometimes-problematic chemicals Wall Street Journal | November 13, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/11/13/heres-how-biotechnology-can-reduce-threats-from-disease-and-pests-without-resorting-to-sometimes-problematic-chemicals/ A handful of startups are using gene editing to turn crops into their own early-warning systems, programming plants to glow or change color when pests or disease strike, well before symptoms become visible. As The Wall Street Journal’s Yusuf Khan reports, the payoff could be targeted spot treatments instead of blanketing entire fields with fungicides and herbicides.