Carbon channeling

Channeling carbon flux to different destinations in plants

Channeling carbon flux to different destinations in plants is of importance in designing tailor-made and added-value products for food, non-food and environmental applications. Our research goal is to use the principles of carbon allocation for breeding crops with improved quantity and quality and environmental benefits. On our platform, we have developed SUSIBA2 rice by adding the barley SUSIBA2 gene into a conventional rice variety (Figure 2). SUSIBA2 rice offers dual benefits in rice agriculture for high yield and low methane emissions in the face of the challenge from food security and climate change.



Figure 2. High-yield and low-methane SUSIBA2 rice in the face of the challenge from food security and climate change.