Researchers at the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology have reportedly found a way to ...

Feat seen to pave the way for industrial starch production without relying on water- and land-intensive corn Chinese ...

Chinese scientists recently reported a de novo route for artificial starch synthesis from carbon dioxide (CO 2) for the first time. Relevant results were published in Science on Sept. 24. The new ...

A team of researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally though of as ...

Biologists have used rice to successfully illuminate the mechanism by which plants regulate the amount of starch produced via photosynthesis. This knowledge could contribute towards improving the ...