Chile’s Atacama desert flower could be key to drought tolerant crops | REUTERS #Reuters

Chile’s Atacama desert flower could be key to drought tolerant crops | REUTERS
In Chile’s Atacama Desert, a tiny flower, Cistanthe longiscapa, thrives despite extreme drought and UV radiation, and researchers at Andrés Bello University are sequencing its genome to identify resilient genes that could be transferred to staple crops.
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