New discovery could make plants disease resistant and high-yielding

Sunday, November 22, 2009

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In a new research, scientists have shown how a family of genes are responsible for production of ethylene gas, a discovery that could make plants disease resistant, able to survive and thrive in difficult terrain, increase yields, and other useful agronomical outcomes.
This discovery of the family of genes (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase, or ACS genes) was made with the weed Arabidopsis thaliana, but it will be applicable to plants used in agriculture.

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