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Computer models soybean crop with 8.5 percent more productivity, using 13 percent less water |
April 04, 2014
Crops that produce more while using less water seem like a dream for a world with a burgeoning population and already strained resources. This dream is closer to reality for researchers who developed a new computer model to help plant scientists breed better soybean crops. The model predicts a soybean crop with 8.5 percent more productivity, but using 13 percent less water, by breeding for slightly different leaf distribution, angles and reflectivity.
Link: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/computers_math/computer_science/~3/yJrs50IyEiI/140403132355.htm
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