Scientists at Cornell University recently borrowed a gene from a South American potato to make potatoes that resisted the late blight fungus a devastating disease that caused the Irish potato famine.

• 最终，植物培育者将能通过访问全球数据库找到可适应某一地区特殊气候挑战的基因种子，如秸秆能够抵抗暴风雨的玉米或是消耗水份较少的小麦。