Crop yield improvement has plateaued in the past three decades, owing largely to genetic bottlenecks in the germplasm of staple food crops. We used a chemical intervention method that increases yield in the field, providing a sustainable means to improve yields of wheat and potentially other crops.
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This is a summary of: Griffiths, C. A. et al. Membrane-permeable trehalose 6-phosphate precursor spray increases wheat yields in field trials. Nat. Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02611-1 (2025).
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Application of a sunlight-switched sugar signal increases wheat yield in the field. Nat Biotechnol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02667-z
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