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APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 1595-1620Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/aepp.13154
Keywords
bioengineering; citrus greening; genetic modification; perceived safety; science communication
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The study found that consumers have low familiarity with gene editing but may support its use to combat citrus greening.
This study used a national survey to examine how information that compared and contrasted gene editing with other breeding techniques, as well as a narrative, influenced both attitudes towards gene editing generally and preferences between a gene-edited insect and gene-edited tree to combat citrus greening. Consumers had low familiarity with gene editing but linked it to genetic modification. For citrus greening, respondents equally supported a gene-edited insect or tree, but the narrative decreased the perceived safety of both. These findings suggest that in general, consumers may support gene editing approaches to combat citrus greening. JEL CLASSIFICATION D83; Q13; Q16
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