Discovery of new plant switch could boost crops, biofuel production
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
Photosynthesis stores energy in two forms that are used to power plants' metabolism. The amount of energy flowing into each of these must be perfectly balanced to match the needs of plants' metabolism or the plant will self-destruct. A switch that regulates this plant photosynthesis has been discovered by a team of researchers for the first time.