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"As Earth’s population grows, we will need more food. According to one
estimate, we may need to nearly double our crop yields in the next century to
keep up.
At the same time, climate change and wild weather events are making it harder
than ever to grow food. We are faced with a complex problem, but one thing is
certain: we will need to grow better, more productive crops.
Crops have already gone through aeons of evolution and millennia of human
selection, so improving their growth even further isn’t easy. That’s where
synthetic biology comes in: using engineering principles to build better
biological systems.
In a new study published today in
Nature Communications, we present a step
towards more productive crops: a simple, tiny box made of proteins that can
help plants use nitrogen and water more efficiently."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
