Brookhaven Lab biologist Sanket Anaokar (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption Brookhaven Lab biologist Sanket Anaokar is the first author on a paper describing ways to get plants to accumulate more oil by protecting a protein that keeps oil from being broken down. The scientists demonstrated increased oil accumulation in tobacco leaves (foreground), but the strategy could potentially be applied in oil-crop plants such as sorghum (background). Credit Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK for use with stories about this research. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.