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Cultivating the Future: Hitashi Aggarwal
Guest: Hitashi Aggarwal
Host: Ruby Wiese
In this episode of Cultivating the Future, Ruby Wiese speaks with Hitashi Aggarwal, a PhD student at Murdoch University with roots in the agricultural heartland of Punjab, India.
Hitashi shares how growing up in a farming community inspired her passion for agricultural science and plant genetics.
Now, her research focuses on using CRISPR/Cas gene editing to address one of wheat breeding's major challenges: its tendency to self-fertilise.
By inducing male sterility and enhancing female receptivity, her work aims to pave the way for more efficient, cost-effective hybrid wheat production.
This episode offers a fascinating look into how cutting-edge science is being applied to solve real-world agricultural problems.
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