How improved valves let grasses 'breathe,' cope with climate change
Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 20:11
in Biology & Nature
New work from a joint team of plant biologists and ecologists has uncovered the factor behind an important innovation that makes grasses -- both the kind that make up native prairies and the kind we've domesticated for crops -- among the most-common and widespread plants on the planet. Their findings may enable the production of plants that perform better in warmer and dryer climate conditions.