Drought-resistant and water-saving plants: from laboratory to field

Saving Water: From Field to Fork

Saving Water: From Field to Fork Curbing Losses and Wastage in the Food Chain SIWI Policy Brief: Saving Water: From Field to Fork

oped and developing countries, sub-sovereign national bodies, universities and research institutes, community organisations, banks and private investors, aid donors, multilateral financial institutions, UN agencies and other international organisations.

Response of Bulgarian and Indian Soybean Genotypes to Drought and Water Deficiency in Field and Laboratory Conditions

Drought is one of the limiting factors for better plant performance and higher yield. New variety selection is difficult due to the complex mechanism of drought resistance. Four Bulgarian soybean lines (selected after hybridization and mutagenesis), two Indian and one USA variety were used for field and laboratory experiments. Drought tolerance was estimated in irrigated and non-irrigated condi...

From laboratory to field. Using information from Arabidopsis to engineer salt, cold, and drought tolerance in crops.

After almost a century since its first appearance in the scientific literature, Arabidopsis has now been widely adopted as a model plant of choice for biological research (Somerville and Koornneef, 2002). Its many advantages include a small genome, short life cycle, small stature, prolific seed production, and ease of transformation. In addition, a wealth of genomics resources exists, such as a...

Plants antioxidants: From laboratory to clinic.

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Eating whole vegetables, fruits and grains, which all are rich in antioxidants, provides protection against most of oxidative stress induced diseases, however, this does not mean that antioxidants will prevent or fix the problem, especially not when they are taken out of their natural context. It should be noted that although th...