Researchers at North Carolina State University used a CRISPR gene-editing system to breed poplar trees with reduced levels of lignin, the major barrier to sustainable production of wood fibers, while improving their wood properties. The findings—published in the journal Science—hold promise to make fiber production for everything from paper to diapers greener, cheaper and more efficient.
I’ve been fighting kudzu for years that keeps encroaching my property from the neighbor’s yard
by far the fastest growing plant matter I’ve ever seen
the way it can grow underground and then pop up 10 feet away it’s like those whack-a-mole games but far less fun
not to mention it wraps around any thing it finds so it can quickly choke out a tree