Flourishing faster: How to make trees grow bigger and quicker

Scientists have discovered a way to make trees grow bigger and faster, which could increase supplies of renewable resources and help trees cope with the effects of climate change

In the study, published in Current Biology, the team successfully manipulated two genes in poplar trees in order to make…

Full text: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150416083355.htm

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Science Daily, 2015-04-16.

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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
University of Manchester

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