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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Gene-editing crops to be colourful could aid weeding, say scientists

A robot weeding machine
Utilising gene editing could help enhance visual recognition of plants by weeding robots. Photograph: Peter Flude/The Guardian

Genetically engineering crops to be colourful could help farmers produce food without using herbicides, as it would make it easier to spot weeds, scientists have said.

This will be increasingly important as hardy, climate-resistant “weeds” are grown for food in the future, the authors have written in their report published in the journal Trends in Plant Science.

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