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Scientists learn how to increase corn crop yields

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-01-09

NSF-funded scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are figuring out how to pack more kernels onto a corn cob. One way to boost the productivity of a plant, they say, is to redirect some of its resources away from maintaining an overprepared immune system and into enhanced seed production. Now, a team led by CSHL scientist David Jackson has found a gene that could help tweak that balance.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-01-scientists-corn-crop-yields.html