New path to water efficient seeds opens as TIP pips PIP as water gatekeeper
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 14:40
in Biology & Nature
Research by University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences has opened up a new path to produce water efficient seeds that will be a significant tool to cope with drought resistance, and ensure global food security. The research not only provides the best map to date of the key protein that appears to be the principal gateway for water intake during seed germination - it also actually provides the right map as it appears much of the research to date was focussed on a much less relevant protein...