Growing Plants with Less Water?

Food Production (Video) by UCTV

Aug 9, 201800:01:10Science & Medicine

Crops possibly can be grown with significantly less water by altering a gene involved in regulating photosynthesis, according to new research by a team that included UC Berkeley scientists. Berkeley professor Krishna Niy...

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