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The University of Western Australia: Call for two-fold approach to create sustainable food supplies [View all]
https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/december/call-for-two-fold-approach-to-create-sustainable-food-suppliesCall for two-fold approach to create sustainable food supplies
06/12/2024
Gene editing and plant domestication are essential to protect food supplies in a worsening climate, according to an international team of researchers, led by The University of Western Australia.
Recently recognised as one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers for 2024, Professor Sergey Shabala, Chair in Plant Physiology at UWA, was lead author of the study published in Frontiers in Science.
“Rising temperatures, droughts, floods and salinisation caused by climate change are lowering the amount of edible food produced by our staple crops,” Professor Shabala said.
“Creating more land for agriculture is not a sustainable option so we need to adapt crops to new climate conditions.”
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2024.141602306/12/2024
Gene editing and plant domestication are essential to protect food supplies in a worsening climate, according to an international team of researchers, led by The University of Western Australia.
Recently recognised as one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers for 2024, Professor Sergey Shabala, Chair in Plant Physiology at UWA, was lead author of the study published in Frontiers in Science.
“Rising temperatures, droughts, floods and salinisation caused by climate change are lowering the amount of edible food produced by our staple crops,” Professor Shabala said.
“Creating more land for agriculture is not a sustainable option so we need to adapt crops to new climate conditions.”
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