The researchers were also able to make predictions about genes that caused the evolution of important plant characteristics. (cshl.edu)
My work is also directed toward determining why plants exposed to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations often have only a temporary increase in growth rate, and toward determining what plant characteristics might be most beneficial to the productivity and to the nutritional value of crops if atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations continue to rise. (sciencemag.org)
In addition to helping farmers check crop health, the new system will be helpful for studying how plants respond to changes in growing conditions and for high - throughput phenotyping, an automated method used in crop research and development to analyze how genetic modifications affect plant characteristics such as leaf size or drought resistance in a large number of plants. (sciencedaily.com)