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SUMMARY:C4 Rice: Pathways and prospects - Sarah Covshoff\, Molecular Physi
 ology
DTSTART:20121102T130000Z
DTEND:20121102T133000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Rice yields must increase by 50% by the year 2050. This is due
  to a projected doubling of the population in Asia with a concomitant incr
 ease in the demand for rice. Conventional breeding is increasing yields by
  only 1% or 2% annually\, and there are negative pressures on yield from c
 limate and land use changes. As such\, novel intervention to develop high 
 yielding rice varieties is needed. It has been proposed that integrating C
 4 photosynthesis into C3 crops such as rice could be used to increase thei
 r maximum yields by approximately 50%. However\, installing C4 photosynthe
 sis in rice is challenging because the C4 pathway is complex and involves 
 alterations to the biochemistry\, cell biology and development of rice lea
 ves. A summary of current efforts to convert rice from C3 to C4 will be pr
 ovided.
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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