Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' in Search of More Productive Crops

Re:Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' in Search of More... by thinkcontext on Friday January 04, 2019 @09:50AM (#18824358)

> a 40% of mass increase means something like a 40% increase of CO2 sequestration

The carbon in annual plants is not considered "sequestered". Most of it will be released after harvest, either when the end product is consumed or the non-product organic waste degrades. Agricultural sequestration is usually talked about in terms of getting carbon into the soil and leaving it there. This tends to be done through promoting soil health, composting, selecting plants with deep root systems, perennials over annuals, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration#Agricultu...

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Re:Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' in Search of More... by gus_massa on Friday January 04, 2019 @10:37AM (#18824704)

I agree, but I think that indirectly there is an increase. From the same article in Wikipedia:

> The decreasing of SOC content can be counteracted by increasing the carbon input, this can be done with several strategies, e.g. leave harvest residues on the field [...]

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