May 7, 2013

Plant biology advances rapidly to help feed the world




A series of new discoveries in plant cell biology will help to increase the supply of food and energy for our rapidly growing global population, according to 12 of the world's leading plant biologists.

The experts, including Winthrop Professor Rana Munns from The University of Western Australia's School of Plant Biology and Institute of Agriculture, review and report on recent rapid advances in plant biology research in the latest issue of the journal Nature.