PRESS: 2026

The image shows a plant phylogenetic tree covering many types of flowering plants. Colored lines indicate how strongly different plants build up rubisco inhibitors in the dark. Yellow indicates low build up, light green moderate, dark green high, and blue very high.

New study explores patterns in Rubisco dark inhibition

Lancaster University researchers Connor Nehls-Ramos and Assistant Professor Doug Orr explore an evolutionary connection for the wide variation of dark inhibition rates across all flowering plants.

Soybean field trials with narrow and broad leaf lines

Bigger is not always better: smaller leaves optimize light use in soybeans

Using controlled genetic approaches, RIPE researchers altered soybean leaf shape and found that narrower leaves can improve how efficiently plants use available light.