date:Jul 28, 2014
s ago - some 7,000 years after the domestication of Asian rice.
While more work is needed to pinpoint the individual stress-resistant genes, the team said publication of the genome presented an unprecedented opportunity for breeding new varieties of high-yield, drought-resistant crops.
The second study, into the inedible, wild South American tomato Solanum pennellii, managed to identify key genes linked to dehydration resistance, fruit development and ripening.
The species is already used