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Can scientists make fruits and veggies resilient to climate change?

It takes many years to produce new cultivars, but genomics tools are streamlining the process

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To protect our fruits and veggies from climate change, scientists are developing new methods for cultivating plants.

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By Amanda Heidt

In 2023, a new type of apple made its commercial debut at a trade show in Berlin. The Tutti is crisp, juicy and has that perfect blush tinge — a lovely cultivar that took decades to produce. But it has a bigger claim to fame: It is designed to thrive at temperatures as high as 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit).