Transgenic plants' 'die and let live' strategy dramatically increases drought resistance

Monday, February 1, 2016 - 15:31 in Biology & Nature

Purdue University researchers found that engineering plants to produce high levels of a protein known as PYL9 dramatically boosted drought tolerance in rice and the model plant Arabidopsis.

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