Increasing crop yields by breeding plants to cooperate (IMAGE)

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Increasing crop yields by breeding plants to cooperate

Caption

A century of breeding progress has improved maize varieties such that they can be more effectively packed into high-density fields, thus increasing yields per crop area. Neighbouring fields of the Swiss traditional maize landrace “Rheintaler Ribelmais” (left) and a modern elite variety (right).

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Samuel Wuest (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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