Bala Rathinasabapathi

In this photo released by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Bala Rathinasabapathi, an associate professor with the horticultural sciences department, examines mouse-ear cress plants that have been given a gene from a fern that prevents them from accumulating arsenic — Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. UF researchers hope to use the gene to create arsenic-resistant rice varieties, needed in some Asian countries where rice consumption is high and the grain sometimes absorbs arsenic from soil or water.

(Tyler Jones, University of Florida/IFAS)
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