Gene editing of plants will not make us mutants. Without breeding, we wouldn't be able to eat, says biologist Kopecký

David Kopecký wanted to be a biology teacher, but he will become the president of the European Association for Plant Research and Breeding. How will we feed humanity? And what will the plants of the future look like? "Thanks to new technologies, we are experiencing a small green revolution. If EU legislators listened to scientists and breeders, they would have no reason not to allow genome editing in plants," he says.