Editor's Note: As part of the Advanced Dialogues series, the editor invites leading scientists and emerging voices to share their research journeys, experiences, and visions for the future of their fields. In this feature, Marc Van Montagu-Emeritus Professor at Ghent University, a founding father of plant genetic engineering, and Chairman of IPBO-VIB, shares his insights at 92, drawing on a personal conversation with the editor and a lecture he delivered at the ICG-20 conference, "From Feral to Fertile: Awakening Life in the Desert", in Hangzhou.
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