Clemson Pee Dee News Today

Scientists at Clemson Universitys Pee Dee Research and Education Center hope they can use a conventional method for an unconventional result: removing much of the gluten from wheat.

Clemson University Clemson assistant professor Sruthi Narayanan and graduate student Zolian Zoong Lwe study how heat stress affects peanuts as they work to develop heat-tolerant peanut varieties. The latest venture focuses on how lipids (fats) in peanut plant anthers are altered by heat stress. Heat stress caused by climate change is threatening to reduce peanut crop yields and burnout this source of income and food for millions of people worldwide. But a group of rese...