Sentences with phrase «enables rice plants»

Scientists have pinpointed a gene that enables rice plants to produce around 20 % more grain by increasing uptake of phosphorus.

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But he cautions that genetic variation within the corn, wheat, rice or other plants may not be enough to enable such rapid transformation.

Because the newly created genetic resource is so broad, representing distantly related rice species that have evolved in habitats throughout Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia, it enables researchers to zero - in on valuable sequences that have been preserved as the plants adapted to different growing conditions.