Phys Org (May 2, 2013) | Two Cornell researchers are world experts in studies of little-known plant transport proteins that may be key to easing ever-growing global food needs. Leon Kochian and Maria Harrison are two of the 12 plant biologists who have authored a perspectives piece in the May 2 issue of Nature. The article explores how newly discovered plant transport proteins have the potential to help expand global agriculture to better address the challenges of feeding billions of underfed people.