A rigid rice plant allows sunlight to reach leaves on even the lowest parts of the plant, improving photosynthesis and
therefore grain production; it also allows plants to be placed in closer proximity without interfering with each other's growth.
Not exact matches
These farmers could
therefore access up to a third more food — equivalent to about 360 kilograms of
grain per farming household — without increasing their
production, potentially halving the duration of future «hungry seasons».
These BR - dependent phenotypes
therefore represent two potential avenues for enhancing
grain production in millets, including subsistence crops in many developing countries that remain largely untapped for genetic improvement.