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Growing innovations for the bioeconomy

Agriculture is often viewed as a source of problems needing innovative solutions. But agriculture can actually be a source of innovations for the bioeconomy, if researchers embrace the cultural changes needed.

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Figure 1: A Field Scanalyzer, recently installed at Rothamsted Research in the UK.

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Karp, A., Beale, M., Beaudoin, F. et al. Growing innovations for the bioeconomy. Nature Plants 1, 15193 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.193

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