Discovery of a bottleneck relief in photosynthesis may have a major impact on food crops

PHYSorg
Aug 16, 2019, 5:00 am210 pts
Scientists have found how to relieve a bottleneck in the process by which plants transform sunlight into food, which may lead to an increase in crop production. They discovered that producing more of a protein that controls the rate in which electrons flow during photosynthesis, accelerates the whole process.

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