Gene discovery could help make crops resistant to heat, drought
Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 18:07
in Biology & Nature
After a decades-long search, researchers say they have finally found an elusive group of proteins that help plants survive stresses such as drought, cold and heat that may increase with climate change.
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