Optimize Agriculture By Optimizing Photosynthesis
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 17:00
in Earth & Climate
Maybe photosynthesis can be improved. That may sound like blasphemy but the easy solution to growing more food is teaching crop plants to concentrate carbon dioxide in their leaves. That could increase photosynthetic efficiency by 60 percent and yields by as much as 40 percent, according to a new study. read more