How Targeting Flag Leaves Could Help Rice Be More Productive
Researchers reveal considerable differences between rice varieties in the ability of flag leaves to adjust to fluctuating light
Since rice is so important to feeding a large portion of the world's population, the identification of genes that enhance grain yield and composition is much desired
Even though rice was the first crop to be fully sequenced, scientists have only documented a few of the genetic changes that made rice into a staple food for more than half the world’s population