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Plant materials that would otherwise become trash may be the key to solving two big problems – diminishing freshwater supplies for farms and diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics.

Ali Montazar/UCANR Fruit bags protect dates from insect damage and dust and prevent the fruit from falling to the ground. Despite efforts by growers to conserve water, data was lacking on date palms actual water use. Californias $86 million date industry produces more than half of the nations dates. Most of the fruit is grown in the arid Coachella Valley. Despite efforts by growers to conserve water, data was lacking on date palms actual water use to refine the best ir...