A new way to genetically tweak photosynthesis boosts plant growth
Tobacco plants with a simplified process of photorespiration grew 40 percent bigger

FIELD TEST Field tests with plants under real-world farming conditions have revealed how tweaking plants’ genetic instructions for a process called photorespiration increases crop yield.
Brian Stauffer/Univ. of Illinois
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