image: Scientists measure how well tobacco plants modified to shortcut native photorespiration photosynthesize compared to unmodified plants using LI-COR machines. 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." view more
Credit: [Credit: Haley Ahlers/RIPE Project]