... impaired abscisic acid response and reduced drought resistance. Scientists suspected it was because the genes ... to try to figure out exactly how PYR1 was involved in drought resistance by looking at PYR1 and abscisic acid ...
... for agricultural application to improve the water use efficiency and drought tolerance of crops," said Jian-Kang Zhu ... community the long-awaited key to creating drought-resistant crops," said VARI President and Research ...
Researchers in Argentina have isolated a drought-resistant sunflower gene and spliced it into soy, bolstering hopes for improved yields as the South American ...
Drought-resistant tea is on an agenda for natural product development and capacity building in Malawi and other southern African nations.
WOODLAND, Calif., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Monsanto says it has received U.S. regulatory approval for a corn variety that is the first to be genetically modified for drought-resistant traits.
... the bacterial species around the roots of the plants. They found that drought stress enriched the microbial communities with bacteria ... to water stress. The promotion of drought resistance by bacteria can have important applications, for instance, in retaining high ...
... in other regions. Recent studies indicate that periodic droughts in the western United States are controlled by naturally ... onto the Great Plains, where they replaced drought-resistant wild prairie grasses with fragile ...
A mutant strain of drought-resistant wheat is contributing to Kenya's food security, enabling the use of land previously unsuited to cultivation.
Zimbabwean biotechnology research fails to reap benefits, drought-resistant livestock boost smallholder herds, and more.
... need for reseeding or replanting," said Mechenes. "They have fewer insects or disease problems than some exotics, they are more heat and drought resistant because they evolved in Illinois so ...
The first drought-tolerant maize varieties developed by the Asian Maize Network, established to tackle poor harvests, are showing promise.
... tolerance in order to engineer new drought-resistant crops of potato, as well as other Solanaceous vegetables ... as investigating traits such as resistance to various insects and diseases, as well as to cold, heat and drought. The results ...
... . "With the data that we are generating from plant genomes we can home in on relevant agronomic traits such as rapid growth, drought resistance, and pest tolerance, as well as those that define ...
... —from Azerbaijan to Nigeria—for the traits that could arm agriculture against the impact of future changes. Traits, such as drought resistance in wheat, or salinity tolerance in potato ...
GM oilseed rape and maize that tolerate water shortages are in field tests - opponents remain sceptical
