Science Daily January 21, 2020
Plants are capable of taking in nearly 123 gigatonnes through photosynthesis in a year. But humans release another ten gigatonnes of carbon dioxide into this cycle, mainly by burning fossil fuels such as crude oil and natural gas per year. By performing complex calculations an international team of researchers (Abu Dhabi, Germany) found by combining two different methods to modulate the metabolism of the plant cell it can be made to absorb five times more carbon dioxide than in the normal state. They plan to experiment with tobacco plants and thale cress which are both easy to modify…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Integration of Synthetic Bypass for the Alternative Glycolate Oxidation Pathway (AP3)… Credit: Trends in Biotechnology, January 17, 2020