image: Scientist Amanda Cavanagh snap freezes plant samples with liquid nitrogen to study how the metabolism differs between unmodified plants and plants engineered with alternate pathways for photorespiration. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 4 Jan. issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Paul South at United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service in Urbana, IL, and colleagues was titled, "Synthetic glycolate metabolism pathways stimulate crop growth and productivity in the field." view more
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