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RNA interference can rebalance the nitrogen sink of maize seeds without losing hard endosperm.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Wu Yongrui, Messing Joachim
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BACKGROUND: One of the goals of plant breeding is to create crops to provide better nutrition for humans and livestock. Insufficient intake of protein is one of the most severe factors affecting the growth and development of children in developing countries. More than a century ago, in 1896, Hopkins initiated the well-known Illinois long-term selection for maize seed protein concentration, yielding four protein...
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