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Bypassing the methane cycle

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A genetically modified rice with more starch in its grains also provides fewer nutrients for methane-producing soil microbes. This dual benefit might help to meet the urgent need for globally sustainable food production. See Letter p.602

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Figure 1: High-starch rice in the environment.

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  1. Paul L. E. Bodelier is in the Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands.,

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Bodelier, P. Bypassing the methane cycle. Nature 523, 534–535 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14633

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