Scientists genetically modifies photosynthesis process, increase crop yield by 15%

Scientists genetically modifies photosynthesis process, increase crop yield by 15% . Scientists have made genetic modifications in one of the most important biological process on the planet – The Photosynthesis.Aim: Towards increasing crop production to feed a growing global population. According to researches conducted by lead researcher Prof. Stephen Long, of the University of Illinois

and the University of Lancaster, the photosynthesis by which plants convert sunlight energy into food had revealed specific “inefficiencies in crops“.

ii. One major inefficiency is plant’s natural Sun-protection mechanism.  While plants are responsible to produce food using sunlight energy, they also need to protect themselves from Sun damage, this slows down the process.

iii. In order to speed up the process by which that heat loss switches off, the team inserted extra copies of the genes responsible for this heat-loss switch.

iv. After that when the plants grew their genetically modified crop, it grew 15% larger than normal.

v. The researchers will now make this change in rice, soy bean and wheat as these are the most used crops globally

.Aim: Towards increasing crop production to feed a growing global population.Scientists genetically modifies photosynthesis process, increase crop yield by 15% ,  “inefficiencies in crops“.