Power up energy efficiency in crops

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Dr William Paul Quick (Left) is the leader of the C4 research project based at IRRI.

BY SHAWN KENG

IN a resource-demanding world, humans have developed green technologies which are energy efficient and minimal in carbon footprint. Now, imagine the engi­neering of energy efficiency is applied in crops. Scientists are programming rice to produce more yield during photosynthe­sis, by interchanging genetic code found in maize.

Based on University of Oxford press release, a research group