Several hundred hours were spent in the greenhouses where we had to shake the plants and record the various degrees of shattering. Even with all the advances in technology, a careful firsthand observation proves to be essential for biological research.

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People in some regions of the world still lose a lot of their crop because the grains fall off too easily. There's a lot of time and energy that goes into taking care of these crops, so you want to make sure at the end you don't lose a lot of it.

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This technical innovation will greatly speed up genetic research for plants since it saved us time and money, yet delivered accurate results.

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