Salt-loving potato a breakthrough

Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 5 months ago to Science
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The prestigious USAid grand challenge went to a team of Dutch researchers last week, for a food crop that was developed the old fashioned way. The team’s potato has one very simple adaptation: it can tolerate a high concentration of salt. It’s by no means the only plant that can do this, but unlike others it may just be the first dense source of carbohydrates that can.
SOURCE URL: http://www.geek.com/science/this-little-potato-could-herald-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-famine-1607318/


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