National Science Foundation Funds University of Missouri Research on Carbohydrate Movement in Corn

Grainnet.com
Date Posted: March 16, 2011

Columbia, MO—Plants harvest energy through the process of photosynthesis, using sunlight to produce sugars.

However, little is known about the genes that regulate the transport of sugars to build different parts of the plant.

Now, a University of Missouri researcher has received a $6.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a research team to study the genes that control the movement of carbohydrates in corn.

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