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Chlorophyll Biosynthesis and Technological Applications pp 337–357Cite as

The Chlorophyll Biosynthetic Heterogeneity and Chloroplast Bioengineering

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By the year 2030, the world population may increase significantly and top the nine billion benchmark. This is particularly significant since worldwide there has been a decline in cereal yield that is causing the annual rate of increase in yield to fall below the rate of population increase. Furthermore it will be difficult to increase the land area under cultivation without serious environmental complications. As a consequence the increased demand for food and fiber will have to be met by higher agricultural plant productivity.

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Rebeiz, C.A. (2014). The Chlorophyll Biosynthetic Heterogeneity and Chloroplast Bioengineering. In: Chlorophyll Biosynthesis and Technological Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7134-5_16

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