Agro-Biotech News

Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), Cornell University, and the University of Edinburgh have discovered a molecular trick in hornworts, a unique group of land plants, that could dramatically increase the efficiency of photosynthesis in major crops like wheat and rice. The study focuses on Rubisco, the critical enzyme responsible for capturing carbon dioxide, which is notoriously slow and often mistakenly reacts with oxygen.