Continuing a Vision for Better Crops: The Legacy of Dr. Steve Long
Dr. Steve Long’s spent his career trying to answer a simple question: how can plants work a little harder to improve food security and mitigate climate change?
Traditional breeding falls short in boosting soybean photosynthesis
A RIPE team from the University of Illinois has determined that improving a crucial component of soybean photosynthesis is unlikely to come from traditional breeding methods, and that gene editing is likely the key to unlocking soybean potential.
Unlocking crop efficiency: A practical guide for Rubisco Assays
RIPE researchers from Lancaster University wrote a chapter in the latest volume of Methods in Enzymology providing a protocol for using radiometric assays to measure Rubisco in plant leaves.