SALTWATER SOLUTION.

• Autores: Mark Harris
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 315, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 68-71
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on genetically engineered rice and other crops capable of surviving saltwater. Topics covered include the increase in salinity in parts of China making the growing of crops impossible, the role of poor irrigation practices in making irrigated areas salty, and the discovery by plant biologist Eduardo Blumwald of the University of California, Davis about a protein called antiporter found in halophytes. Also mentioned are concerns about genetic modification (GM).