SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on C4 Photosynthesis Crops needed to avoid famines  Oct 21, 2009 "Boosting the photosynthetic efficiency of rice by changing it from C3 to C4 photosynthesis will be like supercharging a car's engine by fitting a new fuel injection system," said Irri's John Sheehy. Despite reservations in other parts of the world, notably western Europe, genetic modification is becoming one of the staple tools of researchers aiming to enhance developing world agriculture. (BBC News -- Science) Diet Secrets Of Elephant Family Named 'The Royals'  Apr 16, 2009 Plants with C4 photosynthesis include warm-season grasses, which have higher ratios of carbon-13 to carbon-12. By analyzing carbon isotope ratios along the length of a single elephant hair, the researchers could see the twice-annual switch when rain falls and the elephants go from eating mostly trees and shrubs to eating mostly grasses, and then back again. (Science Daily) Preparing For Climate Change: Analyzing Genome Of Heat And Drought Resistant Cereal Plant  Feb 7, 2009 Sorghum is the first cereal plant with C4 photosynthesis whose genome has been completely sequenced. The analysis of its functional genomics provides new insights into the molecular differences between C3 and C4 plants. (Science Daily) Back to General News News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009