Crop physiologist Guntur V. Subbarao and his team have developed an antibiotic-infused strain of wheat that naturally combats harmful, fertilizer-eating bacteria — a “monster” contributor to climate change. Learn more about how this breakthrough could once again revolutionize agriculture, increasing crop yields and protecting our planet at the same time.
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amit kumar choubey
December 15, 2022 at 12:14 am
I’m the first
amit kumar choubey
December 15, 2022 at 12:14 am
Please reply
Lil TNT
December 15, 2022 at 12:17 am
Wheat is all I eat son
J. Maugenheim
December 15, 2022 at 12:23 am
Monsanto wheat?
Wee Bee
December 15, 2022 at 3:36 am
it’s no longer monsanto; they were sold to a german pharmacuetical company so people would stop associating their products with all the problems they cause. Look up a doc called “Bayer and the Bees”.(Im probly spelling Bayer wrong)
ƚΞIϽıịıCIΞƚ
December 15, 2022 at 12:28 am
No to GMO. Never.
ƚΞIϽıịıCIΞƚ
December 15, 2022 at 12:28 am
No to GMO.
Ruth Gallagher
December 15, 2022 at 1:58 am
Unless what you eat is an heirloom plant then you are eating a genetically modified veggies or fruit. If not for these modifications most people in the developing world would have died. Borlin (sp?) Saved many by developing dwarf wheat. I’m more interested in the fertilizer.
ƚΞIϽıịıCIΞƚ
December 15, 2022 at 2:24 am
@Ruth Gallagher No to genetically modified organisms, no gm crops nor anything else genetically modified. People in the developing can easily be fed. You know how? The developed world simply has to stop the overconsumption and stop throwing away food. Problem solved. We in the developed world consume produce and throw away so much food, it’s embarrassing. And then people like you and these big companies like Monsanto come up with the genius idea that only genetically modified bs can save the world from starvation. Stop food overconsumption and we can feed the entire world without problems.
Will Wunsche
December 15, 2022 at 5:17 am
GMO is simply a tool to alter food traits. Whether it is used to make healthy food or not is up to the user.
ƚΞIϽıịıCIΞƚ
December 15, 2022 at 5:33 am
@Will Wunsche The tool is the modification or manipulation/alteration of the genetic information of an organizm. GMO is the product.
ƚΞIϽıịıCIΞƚ
December 15, 2022 at 5:47 am
@Will Wunsche And there is no need to genetically alter organisms. The western civilization could simply change the way they live. Overconsumerism and throwing millions of tons of food away could solve the problem of feeding the world. But I understand why you are supporting projects and technologies like genetic engineering. You (by you I don’t necessarily mean you personally) would support anything in order to stop climate change without even having a short consideration about the dangers and repercussions of genetic engineering and what harm it could cause for the environment and us humans. But I already know the answer to that, too. Even if it would turn out to be harmful for us humans, we are too many people on this planet anyways, am I right?! My response is, as I mentioned before, not necessarily meant for you personally.
galgor
December 15, 2022 at 12:41 am
I’m more concerned as to why wheat is in everything?? And – as it turns out – many people are pretty intolerant of it and don’t even realise it?
J. Ewing
December 15, 2022 at 12:51 am
Exactly!
Brett
December 15, 2022 at 1:33 am
It turns out that wheat intolerance is due to a lack of attention to a person from their friends. Having a medical issue makes the person deserve more attention.
J. Ewing
December 15, 2022 at 3:10 am
@Brett this belief is a result of following the masses. Who don’t usually listen to their own bodies. If you are actually a man of science then you could do research and actually educate yourself on how wheat is actually difficult for the human body to process. But I’m sure you’d much rather prefer living a life of blissful ignorance where you can eat anything you want because facts and research do not matter to you because you’re a big boy and doing research is so hard 😂🤣
Lynette Hannan
December 15, 2022 at 5:03 am
Big Agriculture has done to our food industry what Big Pharma has done to the medical industry.
Pieter
December 15, 2022 at 6:15 am
So am I. But it is a stapel food for lots of people. But the soil problems are huge. The current system is not viable anymore.
Bobbijo Kramm
December 15, 2022 at 12:44 am
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Mangold Kelz
December 15, 2022 at 12:55 am
Excellent food for thought
Toni
December 15, 2022 at 1:06 am
Return the land to grass and give it back to the cattle. Take it away from the companies that have spent forty years poisoning it. Monsanto and Bayer. They’re killing us and the locked up animals.
Toni
December 15, 2022 at 1:08 am
The animals made the soil and chemicals are destroying it. It’s being washing into the fivers and oceans; poisoning everything on it’s way.
FEELING HEALING FREQUENCES
December 15, 2022 at 1:09 am
in the video title i thought that was a supreme court case (Goopta Vs Sanskrit)
Brett
December 15, 2022 at 1:29 am
He’s more than welcome to eat that new wheat. I’m sticking to traditional wheat.
calisthenic Lara
December 15, 2022 at 1:51 am
Where is he from ?
Lata Ramooji
December 15, 2022 at 2:18 am
Very insightful and informative on nitrite produced. Thank you TedX
mani vignesh.k
December 15, 2022 at 2:49 am
Wow this is genius. I was never aware that plants interacted with bacteria in this manner
Wee Bee
December 15, 2022 at 3:32 am
watch a documentary called Fantastic Fungi if you really want your mind blown
Kings Mom831
December 15, 2022 at 11:24 am
@Wee Bee Excellent film!
Berina Ogega
December 15, 2022 at 5:15 am
I love wheat and millet very much. I hope they find a better way of making the soil healthier.
jacob miefalk
December 15, 2022 at 7:43 am
Great talk on such an important topic
Sasha Vlastuin
December 15, 2022 at 7:58 am
Most rich people stay rich by spending like the poor that’s a secret they keep among themselves and they kept on investing without stopping while some poor people stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich but impressing them.
zzcaptain (Mast IV)
December 15, 2022 at 8:43 am
one important unimpeachable scientific fact people dont realize is eating wheat lowers your lifespan…& barley & rye & oats & buckwheat too. lowers your quality of life too. otherwise an interesting video.
dave faulkner
December 15, 2022 at 9:00 am
Thank you.
Does the BNI crop produce seeds to remain as a natural plant? at the beginning I thought this was a Monsanto type man manipulated version of a crop which if you know Monsanto that only leads to bigger implications for humans and for nature.
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December 15, 2022 at 9:21 am
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Frederik Krogh
December 15, 2022 at 9:59 am
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Zionist World Order
December 15, 2022 at 10:01 am
i had a small hope this was about the fields in Türkiye where they grow 6-7000 year old sumerian wheat. It looks amazing. Like sci fi. Like the giant wheat from the alien movie. Its naturally gluten reduced. Almost three times the industrial yield.. amazing but no english coverage.
Curious SRINIJA
December 15, 2022 at 12:38 pm
Well,
We really require such researchers….who research on agriculture and for it’s betterment 🌾😇✨
Hope more farmers get access to such knowledge 🤝💫
Kenneth James
December 15, 2022 at 11:23 pm
good job Sandeep Guntar
nimrodgrrrl
December 15, 2022 at 11:48 pm
I’m a coeliac so….
Ghislain Bugnicourt
December 16, 2022 at 2:34 am
A few aspects of this talk made me very skeptical, but after searching a bit I think that this is solid science. A few things were skipped for the short format of TED, I guess.
However, what worries me is how the industrial use of this idea might lead to even more bad ecological and social consequences.
To me this is more like a band-aid that ultimately should be replaced by an agricultural system that works with the soil instead of against it.
Eloy Gabriel
December 16, 2022 at 7:11 pm
can this video be available in english?
mahna mahna
December 16, 2022 at 8:19 pm
What an idiot…
Unfortunately many will fall for it
Others will be forced to deal with it
Such as Monsanto/Bayer
He can go grow his food in sterile indoor facilities if he likes
Stop killing our planet
The soil is SUPPOSED to have microorganisms. It’s SUPPOSED to be alive.
Safar & Science
December 17, 2022 at 12:42 pm
Great work Dr Subbarao👏