Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Agave Gene Delays Poplar Dormancy
January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered the gene in agave that governs when the plant goes dormant and used it to create poplar trees that nearly doubled in size, increasing biomass yield for biofuels production and carbon sequestration.
By sequencing the messenger RNA of Agave americana, researchers found th . . .
A team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered the gene in agave that governs when the plant goes dormant and used it to create poplar trees that nearly doubled in size, increasing biomass yield for biofuels production and carbon sequestration.
By sequencing the messenger RNA of Agave americana, researchers found th . . .