The Transgenic Key to More Productive Crops (5 of 7) (IMAGE)

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The Transgenic Key to More Productive Crops (5 of 7)

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During the winter, tobacco plants engineered with alternate photorespiratory pathways grow in a specialized greenhouse space, allowing researchers to continue work to pinpoint optimal genetic blueprints that could boost the yield of food crops. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 4 Jan. issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Paul South at United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service in Urbana, IL, and colleagues was titled, "Synthetic glycolate metabolism pathways stimulate crop growth and productivity in the field."

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[Credit: Claire Benjamin/RIPE Project]

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