Researchers say a genetic modification that boosts plant growth could help alleviate global food shortages.
Directly or indirectly, all of our food comes from photosynthesis. It is a multistage chemical process, which uses energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugars that fuel a plant's growth.
"It's so important, with any new technology, that you trial it in a real agricultural situation to see if there is good chance that this will work for farmers," said Prof Long. But these scientists hope their breakthrough will help some of the world's the poorest farmers. Dr Amanda De Souza, also at the University of Illinois and lead author on the study, said: "The number of people affected by food insufficiency continues to grow, and projections clearly show that there needs to be a change at the food supply level to change the trajectory."
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