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OKIsItJustMe

(22,110 posts)
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 09:32 PM Feb 2015

Plant studies aid crop development

http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2015/plants-020215
[font face=Serif][font size=5]Plant studies aid crop development[/font]

[font size=4]Crops that thrive in warming climates are a step closer, with new findings on how temperature and light affect plant development.[/font]

[font size=3]Warm temperatures have important and unexpected roles in controlling how plants grow and when they flower, two separate studies have shown.

The findings could aid the development of crops that can adapt to changing climates.[/font]

[font size=4]Surprising findings[/font]

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They were surprised to find that at high temperatures, light causes seedling stems to develop in the same way that they normally would in shade or darkness.

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Plant studies aid crop development (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe Feb 2015 OP
That's what 2naSalit Feb 2015 #1

2naSalit

(103,809 posts)
1. That's what
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 10:47 PM
Feb 2015

my nephew does for a living, research drought resistant crops. It's a big thing for the GMO companies.

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