Brookhaven Lab biologist Meng Xie and postdoctoral fellow Dimiru Tadesse (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption Brookhaven Lab biologist Meng Xie and postdoctoral fellow Dimiru Tadesse with sorghum plants like those used in this study. Note that these plants are flowering, unlike those the scientists engineered to delay flowering indefinitely to maximize their accumulation of biomass. Credit Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK for use with stories about this reseaarch 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.