First Wambugu isolates the gene that codes for the production of insecticidal pyrethrins in the pyrethrum flower and extracts them.

FORBES: Millions Served

Into the sweet potato she spliced a gene from the pyrethrum, a white flower whose ingredients are fatal to insects and the feathery mottle virus.

FORBES: Millions Served

Into the sweet potato she has spliced in a gene from the pyrethrum, a white flower whose ingredients are fatal to insects and the feathery mottle virus.

FORBES: Millions Served