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Staple crops equipped for alkaline soils

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Gene editing boosts the yields of sorghum, rice and millet grown in alkaline soils.

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Fig. 1: PIPs regulate a complex network of functions involved in plant responses to environmental changes.

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  1. Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    Caitlin S. Byrt

  2. ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

    A. Harvey Millar & Rana Munns

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Byrt, C.S., Millar, A.H. & Munns, R. Staple crops equipped for alkaline soils. Nat Biotechnol 41, 911–912 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01832-6

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