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A time and a place for sugar in your ears

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Targeting trehalose metabolism improves maize yield under a range of water-deficit conditions.

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Figure 1: Targeted overexpression of TPP in maize.

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Guan, JC., Koch, K. A time and a place for sugar in your ears. Nat Biotechnol 33, 827–828 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3315

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