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“Inner clock” of plants could be key to maximising yields: Aussie study – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua
SYDNEY, March 2 (Xinhua) — A new Australian study which details how plants use their metabolism to tell time and moderate growth, could help create larger food yields and ease the burden of world hunger, according to its authors.
Published on Tuesday, the study shows that an internal signal, called superoxide, acts in plants at dusk, adjusting their metabolic process in order to conserve energy.
Lead researcher Dr Mike Haydon from the University of Melbourne explained that while plants don’t sleep…
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