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Scientists Manipulate Crops to Need Less Water R & D Magazine Engineered plants conserve 25 percent more water by only partially opening their mouth-like stomata, allowing less water to escape through transpiration while carbon dioxide enters the plant to fuel photosynthesis. Credit: Jiayang Xie, Katarzyna ... A way to grow plants with less waterUC Berkeley Genetic tweak makes plants use 25% less waterYahoo7 News Scientists engineer crop that uses 25% less water without compromising yieldZME Science Reason (blog) -iNews all 7 news articles »

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