Editing a plant's genes is only half the battle. Before a new, improved trait can ever reach a farmer's field, scientists must be able to grow a whole plant from just a few edited cells—a process that can be slow, unreliable and, for some plant species, impossible.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-crispr-combo-regeneration-hard-perennial.html)