Higher yielding perennials point the way to new crops
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Agricultural researchers have discovered that it is possible to boost the seed yields of some perennials such as gama grass and wheatgrass. The finding could lead to the development of perennial crops which, because they would not require replanting each year, would be far less expensive to grow.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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Form follows function when plants harvest light
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Wolfram Welte of the University of Konstanz, Germany, and Roger Hiller of Macquarie University, Australia, led researchers who have determined the structure of peridinin-chlorophyll-protein in the light-harvesting centers of the photosynthetic dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae.
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Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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