New tools to breed cereal crops that survive flooding

Friday, February 6, 2015 - 12:30 in Earth & Climate

Scientists at The University of Nottingham hope new research could lead to the introduction of cereal crops better able to tolerate flooding. They have identified the mechanism used by plants in stress conditions to sense low oxygen levels and used advanced breeding techniques to reduce yield loss in barley in water-logged conditions.

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