Maize genetics may show how crops adapt to climate change
Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 05:31
in Biology & Nature
With the onset of climate change and changes in irrigation, adapting food crops to grow in diverse environments could help feed the world. Now University of California, Davis, scientists are leading a major new project, funded by the National Science Foundation with $4.1 million over five years, to study genetic adaptation to different environments in maize.