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

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Aerial view of the 2017 field trials where scientists studied how well their plants modified to shortcut photorespiration performed beside unmodified plants in real-world conditions. They found that plants engineered with a synthetic shortcut are about 40 percent more productive.

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James Baltz/College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

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