Source: Mark Lynas, GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 2/14/18


Scientists have moved a step closer to identifying how an obscure gene from rice can dramatically improve yields in some of the world's most important staple crops, while at the same time conferring resistance to climate-related stresses such as drought.
Details of the discovery, which was made by a British-American team comprising researchers from the publicly-funded plant science institute Rothamsted Research and the company Syngenta, have been published in the journal Plant Physiology.

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