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Fine-tuning leaf angle with CRISPR improves sugarcane yield - EurekAlert


A CABBI research team has used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to optimize leaf angle in sugarcane, increasing the amount of sunlight it captures and the amount of biomass it produces.

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