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I’m dreaming of a COVID-free Christmas – your latest issue of BioTechniques

23 Dec 2021

Written by Ebony Torrington (Managing Editor)

COVID-19 News PCR and sequencing Plant and climate science

This issue of BioTechniques presents interesting content on plant science, including an expert opinion on wheat improvement using genome editing technology, a method for eDNA extraction for metagenomic studies in tropical soils and a review comparing methods for mapping rhizosphere processes in the context of their surrounding root and soil environments. As well as an improved method for SARS-CoV-2 PCR detection and genotyping with double-bubble primers and a digital holographic microscopy method to analyze the formation of spheroids.