Light Green Soybeans (IMAGE)

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Light Green Soybeans

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Scientists have designed plants with light green leaves to allow more light to penetrate the crop canopy to increase photosynthesis and yield; however, models show these plants likely require less nitrogen and photosynthesis is hardly affected.

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Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois

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