Huge Corn Plants Developed: Doubling A Gene In Corn Results In Giant Biomass

Monday, March 2, 2009 - 13:21 in Biology & Nature

A plant geneticist has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, the researcher said, due to a greater number of leaves and larger stalk, which could also make it a good energy crop.

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