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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.
World experts in food security will meet this week in Brisbane to address one of the most urgent challenges humanity is currently facing: how to improve crops to feed the growing population while dealing with the devastating impacts of drought, water insecurity and climate change.
In a paper published this week, a team of scientists has found that varieties of crops like corn and sorghum with narrow leaves would be more water use efficient and possibly, more productive.
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Centre scientists have developed a dynamic model that predicts which photosynthetic manipulations to plants will boost the yields of wheat and sorghum crops.
Bob Furbank has been awarded the American Society of Plant Biologists Corresponding Member Award for his contributions to plant biology.
“Improvements in photosynthesis are now widely recognised as the new frontier for increasing crop yields”—Long and Ort, 2010; Zhu et al., 2010; Ainsworth et al., 2012
The Centre is a collaboration of researchers from a range of disciplines, universities and research organisations.
The Centre’s research is focused on improving the ability of the two major food plants – wheat and rice – to convert sunlight, air and water into leaf and seed production through photosynthesis.
This will contribute to a new yield revolution for food crops.
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By bringing together leading researchers and cutting edge facilities from multiple institutions, this Centre is leading photosynthesis innovation into the future.
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