RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent more

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Adding a gene encoding for a protein called FTO to both rice and potato plants increased their yield by 50 percent in field tests -- and the plants grew significantly larger, produced longer root systems and were better able to tolerate drought stress.


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210722112953.htm
 
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