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Hatch and Slack traced carbon through four-carbon acids and into sugar precursors, supporting a distinct photosynthetic carbon-fixation pathway in sugarcane.
Scientific scope
Hatch and Slack traced carbon through four-carbon acids and into sugar precursors, supporting a distinct photosynthetic carbon-fixation pathway in sugarcane. Scope limitation: The 1966 experiments build on earlier observations, including Kortschak, Hartt and Burr. A pathway study is not evidence that C4 engineering has already improved every crop.
Evidence
Assessment uses the catalogue-linked source evidence for the stated contribution. The 1966 experiments build on earlier observations, including Kortschak, Hartt and Burr. A pathway study is not evidence that C4 engineering has already improved every crop.
Contributors
- MD Hatch · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- CR Slack · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- Photosynthesis by sugar-cane leaves. A new carboxylation reaction and the pathway of sugar formation
- Photosynthesis by sugar-cane leaves. A new carboxylation reaction and the pathway of sugar formation — deposited bibliography
- Original C4 pathway paper and abstract
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