Central animal facility of BITS Pilani opens for research activities
Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce and Information Technology, Government of Telangana inaugurates the facility
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Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce and Information Technology, Government of Telangana inaugurates the facility
Plants that thrive in the harsh Atacama desert are a "genetic goldmine" for engineering crops for our dry future, say researchers.
“Genetic goldmine” underlying plant resilience in extreme desert environment
As the climate on our planet becomes drier, it is important to understand how crops can be grown on arid, nutrient-poor soil under harsh environmental conditions such as intense radiation, high salinity and large fluctuations of temperatures. Toward this aim, an international team of scientists have collected, sequenced and analyzed dominant plant species and soil microbes at different vegetational areas and elevations in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
Evolutionary genomics approach offers clues for engineering more resilient crops to face climate change