Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a way to make trees grow bigger and faster, which could increase supplies of renewable resources and help trees cope with the effects of climate change.
In the study, published in Current Biology, the team successfully manipulated two genes in poplar trees in order to make them grow larger and more quickly than usual.
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Ref: Wood formation in trees is increased by manipulating PXY-regulated cell division. CELL (2015) | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.023
Scientists manipulate genes in trees to grow them bigger and faster
