Development of Next-Generation Crops: Research Catches Up to World’s Fastest-Growing Plant – SciTechDaily

Timelapse of alfalfa sprouts growing (including roots and leaves) to represent fast plant growth.
Salk researchers discover that miniature aquatic plant provides insight into genome design principles that could enable development of next-generation crops.
Wolffia, also known as duckweed, is the fastest-growing plant known, but the genetics underlying this strange little plant’s success have long been a mystery to scientists. Now, thanks to advances in genome sequencing, researchers are learning…

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