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Daniel Chitwood, Ph.D., assistant member, used the world鈥檚 largest single-celled organism, an aquatic alga called Caulerpa taxifolia, to study the nature of structure and form in plants. It was recently reported the results of their work in the online journal, PLOS Genetics.

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Analysis results in greater understanding of important biological traits related to crop drought tolerance

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Cell size is a critical trait for improved yields of algal biofuels

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Danforth Center research is addressing environmental issues related to production agriculture.

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Algae with altered intracellular signaling have increased oil yields

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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have discovered a gene that influences grain yield in grasses related to food crops.

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In a paper published today in PLOS Genetics researchers conducted a high-throughput phenotyping experiment to map genes that regulate plant height in the model bioenergy grass Setaria.

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The discovery has the potential to drastically improve food safety and reduce losses caused by the contamination from the poisonous carcinogen, aflatoxin.