• Terrana Biosciences' RNA technology platform is explicitly designed to help plants respond to threats including insects, and can deliver RNA cargo that is translated into proteins such as Cry proteins, which kill leaf-eating insects when they consume the plant¹²³.
• Terrana CEO Ryan Rapp states that the platform's cargo RNA can be tailored to address multiple problems, including "insect predation," alongside viral infections and climate adaptation³².
• The company uses benign plant virus RNA as a chassis to carry protective RNA into plant cells through topical sprays or seed treatments, enabling adaptive crop protection without altering the plant genome²⁴.
• While insect resistance is a documented aim and capability of the platform, Terrana's initial expected products focus primarily on antiviral and antifungal applications for tomatoes, corn, and soybeans rather than insect control⁵⁶.

Overall validity: 90%

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