Improving Cassava Video (VIDEO)

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

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According to a recent study using modeling, the tropical root crop cassava could be more productive with less water if the microscopic pores on its leaves could open three times faster, allowing more carbon dioxide to enter the plant to be fixed into sugars during photosynthesis in the transition from shade to light.

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RIPE Project

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