About a decade ago researchers at the University of Illinois suggested that editing the photosynthetic process in plants, could help to increase the plants yield. This idea was approached with skepticism, but after years of research, a breakthrough has been made. The model organism for this theory was tobacco. It was injected with a portion of DNA form mouse-ear cress, a common lab plant, and after some time, some remarkable data was seen. The edited tobacco strain was producing approximately 20% more yield than the standard plant.

I think that this is a really ingenious way to increase plant productivity. If this process works in the fruiting plants that we consume, this will lead to an extreme change and a whole new agricultural revolution. This new production of plants can lead to solving hunger and poverty problems across the globe, and also help the global economy a little. Overall, if this works out, we have some big news to look forward too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/science/gmo-foods-photosynthesis.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&_r=0
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/how-turning-plants-sunshield-can-grow-bigger-crops
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