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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Scientists Don Ort (left), Paul South (center) and Amanda Cavanagh (right) study how well their plants modified to bypass photorespiration perform beside non-modified plants in real-world conditions. They found that plants engineered with a synthetic shortcut are about 40 percent more productive.

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Claire Benjamin/RIPE Project

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