The Capital Times | August 21, 2008 | Anita Weier
Michigan State University scientists have identified a protein required for photosynthesis that could ultimately lead to plants designed for biofuel production.
Professor Christoph Benning and other MSU researchers discovered the protein that is necessary for development of chloroplasts — the machinery of photosynthesis, which uses light and […]

Lansing State Journal | August 19, 2008 | Matthew Miller

EAST LANSING - If everything goes according to plan, the genetically modified rutabagas growing in a greenhouse across the street from Christoph Benning’s Michigan State University laboratory could have a consistency something like avocados. Squishy. Oily. Just a little more purple.
Benning and his fellow researchers have […]