MicroRNA study sets stage for crop improvements

MicroRNA study sets stage for crop improvements

MicroRNAs can make plants more capable of withstanding drought, salinity, pathogens and more. However, in a recent study published in Nature Plants, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists showed just how much we didn’t know about the intricate processes plants use to produce them. MicroRNAs are small molecules that can guide proteins to decrease gene expression, … Read more