Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear
- Posted on September 25, 2026
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Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear
By Ryan Truscott Plant geneticist Alice Muchugi recalls meeting a group of furious fruit sellers on the side of a dusty road not far from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, in 2024. They told her that a group of men armed with chainsaws had felled some of the district’s most prolific fruit trees, robbing the women of a steady source of income: the trees’ ...
