Understanding how plants produce storage organs that humans use as food would be a valuable tool for science and for a hungry world. Iowa State University researcher David Hannapel, professor in horticulture, thinks he has found a key to figuring out the process. Hannapel studies potatoes and the process that leads to tuber formation. Hannapel has studied tuberization for more than 20 years and knows that understanding the process takes time.
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