Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Shifting the Balance of Growth vs. Defense Boosts Crop Yield
December 20, 2019
December 20, 2019
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Dec. 20 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists are figuring out how to pack more kernels onto a corn cob. One way to boost the productivity of a plant, they say, is to redirect some of its resources away from maintaining an overprepared immune system and into enhanced seed production. Now, a team led by CSHL Professor David Jackson has found a gene that could help them tweak that b . . .
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists are figuring out how to pack more kernels onto a corn cob. One way to boost the productivity of a plant, they say, is to redirect some of its resources away from maintaining an overprepared immune system and into enhanced seed production. Now, a team led by CSHL Professor David Jackson has found a gene that could help them tweak that b . . .