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Measuring Lignin in Corn Stalks

The lignin in corn stalks makes it difficult to process for biomass and harder for animals to digest. Levels are especially high in the tough outer ‘rind’ and vascular bundles of the stem. For th...
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Edgar Spalding, Sven Heckwolf | P140381US01

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New Protein Production Strategy for Plants

In animals, plants and other eukaryotic organisms, typically one protein is translated from each mRNA. Usually, translation can start only at one end of the mRNA strand. In contrast, several viruses ...
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Aurelie Rakotondrafara, Jincan Zhang | P140069US02

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Gene Controls Flowering Time in Corn

Plant development is marked by three phases: juvenile, adult vegetative and flowering. The timing between phases is known to impact traits like yield, productivity and tissue digestibility. However, t...
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Shawn Kaeppler, Natalia de Leon Gatti, German Muttoni, Jillian Foerster | P130256US02

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Increasing Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode with Polypeptides

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most economically damaging pathogen for Unites States soybean production in most years. Annual losses top $700 million. Other countries like Brazil and China also ar...
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Andrew Bent, Brian Diers, Sara Melito, David Cook, Teresa Hughes, Xiaoli Guo, Tong Geon Lee, Jianping Wang, Matthew Hudson, Adam Bayless | P100292US03

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