28 Apr 2016 --- Monsanto claims that newly published research is poised to deliver never-before-seen breakthroughs for the role of protein science in agriculture and lead to new innovations for farmers and society. The advance, the application of PACE (phage-assisted continuous evolution) technology to generate novel insect control traits for crops, demonstrates the ability to optimize proteins to convey specific benefits to plants or to specifically target pests and pathogens of plants – paving the way to target pests that have developed resistance to prior agriculture solutions.
