Improving Wheat Photosynthesis (IMAGE)

Lancaster University

Improving Wheat Photosynthesis

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From left, Senior Lecturer Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Research Technician Dawn Worrall, and Graduate Student Gustaf E. Degen from Lancaster University discovered that swapping just one amino acid creates a better helper enzyme that can trigger photosynthesis more efficiently at higher temperatures in wheat.

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RIPE project

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