Discovery of heat-tolerant beans could save 'meat of the poor' from global warming
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 02:50
in Earth & Climate
Amidst fears that global warming could zap a vital source of protein that has sustained humans for centuries, bean breeders with the CGIAR global agriculture research partnership announced today the discovery of 30 new types, or lines as plant breeders refer to them, of "heat-beater" beans that could keep production from crashing in large swaths of bean-dependent Latin America and Africa.