Corn's Hidden Highways

Scientist Maps Growth Pattern

Emily Unglesbee
By  Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff Reporter
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University of Missouri biologist David Braun hopes finding the genes that control the movement of carbohydrates within corn plants will help breeders build more efficient plants in the future. (Progressive Farmer photo by Jim Patrico)
University of Missouri biologist David Braun hopes finding the genes that control the movement of carbohydrates within corn plants will help breeders build more efficient plants in the future. (Progressive Farmer photo by Jim Patrico)
Scientists are rewriting the route to better hybrids.

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