Biologists have used rice to successfully illuminate the mechanism by which plants regulate the amount of starch produced via photosynthesis. This knowledge could contribute towards improving the ...

Starch biosynthesis in plants is a tightly controlled process that integrates metabolic, developmental and environmental signals to balance carbon storage with growth demands. The pathway begins with ...

Researchers find new genetic interactions in the starch biosynthetic pathway of barley, influencing its starch properties and starch granule morphology Cereals such as rice, wheat, maize, and barley ...

The latest short science news items from C&EN. The new technique, which relies on chemical catalysts and a curated combination of natural and engineered enzymes, converts CO 2 to starch 8.5 times as ...

In a world-first, a Kobe University research group led by Associate Professor FUKAYAMA Hiroshi of the Graduate School of Agricultural Science has used rice to successfully illuminate the mechanism by ...