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Growing food despite droughts – hortidaily.com
University of California scientists have discovered genetic data that will help food crops like tomatoes and rice survive longer, more intense periods of drought…
University of California scientists have discovered genetic data that will help food crops like tomatoes and rice survive longer, more intense periods of drought on our warming planet.
Over the course of the last decade, the research team sought to create a molecular atlas of crop roots, where plants first detect the effects of drought and other environmental threats. In so doing, they uncovered genes that scientists can use to protect the plants from these stresses.
Their work, published in the…
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