The key to drought-tolerant crops may be in the leaves

Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 14:32 in Earth & Climate

A solution to help farmers to grow crops in dry areas or during stretches of drought may depend on breeding and cultivating plants that protect themselves with a thicker layer of leaf wax, a new study shows.

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