Howard Griffiths (scientist)
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Howard Griffiths is the chair of Plant Ecology at Cambridge University since year 2000, where he is a fellow of Clare college
Clare College, Cambridge
Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1326, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on "the Backs"...
. His scientific interests focus on plant ecology, particularly in the application of molecular techniques to determine photosynthetic responses; responses to climate change rating highly amongst his specialisations, reflected by his membership of the Cambridge Environmental Initiative.
Howard is part of a global wide project to introduce C4 carbon fixation
C4 carbon fixation
C4 carbon fixation is one of three biochemical mechanisms, along with and CAM photosynthesis, used in carbon fixation. It is named for the 4-carbon molecule present in the first product of carbon fixation in these plants, in contrast to the 3-carbon molecule products in plants. fixation is an...
into crop plants that normally show C3 carbon fixation
C3 carbon fixation
carbon fixation is a metabolic pathway for carbon fixation in photosynthesis. This process converts carbon dioxide and ribulose bisphosphate into 3-phosphoglycerate through the following reaction:...
thus increasing their yield 1.5 fold, for example to improve rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
production in China
China
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