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August 10, 2016

Small molecules to help make SMARTER cereals
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Aug 10, 2016
University of Adelaide researchers are rethinking plant breeding strategies to improve the development of new high-yielding, stress-tolerant cereal varieties. In a paper published in the journal Trends in Plant Science, the researchers say small gene-regulating molecules found in plant cells (known as small RNA) are involved in stress adaptation, and they could be exploited to breed plants with favourable stress-tolerant traits. "Continual improvement through plant breeding underpins food se ... read more

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