Philip Clauer (right), a doctoral student in Christopher Voigt’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
WITH the push of a red button, a milky-coloured liquid sprayed onto a load of corn seeds at a warehouse in central Missouri, signalling a revolution in US agriculture driven by the need to combat climate change while still feeding the world.
Inside that liquid were genetically modified bacteria designed to create extra nutrients for plants once the corn seeds are in the ground.
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