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08/14/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers boost crop production 47% by speeding photorespiration

Natural proteins are just as important for plants as they are for humans. In an article on Science Daily, researchers described how higher levels of a particular factor, H-protein, could improve the photorespiration of plants, which would in turn greatly increase the yield of the crop. The H-protein in question is usually found in the […]

09/21/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Researchers share how to conquer herbicide-resistant superweeds that threaten the food supply in the Midwest

In the latest edition of Weed Science, researchers shared new knowledge about how to manage the growth of herbicide-resistant kochia, a weed that takes nutrients from both dryland and irrigated crops across the Great Plains. Kochia usually starts to sprout in late February or early March before the emergence of other summer annual weed species. It […]

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