Scientists genetically engineer crops to yield extra vegetable oil

Scientists have efficiently bioengineered an essential protein in crops to extend the yield of oil from their fruits and seeds — a holy grail for the worldwide agri-food trade. Their patent-pending technique can enhance oil content material in seeds by 15 to 18 per cent, which is a big enchancment since main oil-producing crops equivalent to soybean, sunflower, rapeseed, and peanut, have already got a excessive share of oil of their seeds. This innovation may also help the world in its quest for sustainability, serving to to scale back the quantity of arable land wanted for oil-yielding crops whereas growing the yield to fulfill the world’s rising demand for vegetable oil.