GMO, pesticide, microbe, gut bacteria

MIT Technology Review

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In the US, microbe-enhanced cotton is already growing in five different states.

There’s a new way to boost crop production, and it doesn’t rely on GMOs or pesticides

Researchers are fiddling with the plant equivalent of gut bacteria.

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pesticide 

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛstɪsʌɪd/ 

NOUN

A substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.

GMO

ABBREVIATION

Genetically modified organism.

microbe 

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɪkrəʊb/ 

NOUN

A microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.

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Derivatives

microbic

Pronunciation: /mʌɪˈkrəʊbɪk/ 

ADJECTIVE

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Origin

Late 19th century: from French, from Greek mikros 'small' + bios 'life'.

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