Sugarcane growth can be increased by genetic adjustment
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The growth of corn, sugarcane, and sorghum has been greatly accelerated by modifying the plants to take advantage of increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air.
Coralie Salles-Smith from the University of Illinois said this was done by simply increasing the activity of two genes. This discovery should lead to the creation of new varieties whose yield increases with increasing CO2.2 Levels continue to rise.
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