Holy cow, professor! I really learned how ignorant I am, and managed to read through both those posts all the way, AND come out at the end reading there is Good News?
Now, as the original poster asked, if pollen is drifting downwind from a field of Abracadabra CRISPR wheat, what's going to happen? Nothing to prevent the pollen from transferring the "edited" DNA, right?
To prevent the pollen from getting to your plants, hm, running a fine mist sprinkler on the windward side of your field might wash most of the pollen out of the air, but it's sure going to cost a bundle in water! Planting a windbreak of tall trees would be a better, long term solution. They used to plant Lombardy poplars for that purpose because they grew fast.
