Scientists engineer crops to conserve water, resist drought
Crops with higher levels of a protein require 25 percent less water
Date:
March 6, 2018
Source:
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Summary:
For the first time, scientists have improved how a crop uses water by 25 percent, without compromising yield, by altering the expression of one gene that is found in all plants.
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