Salt-loving potato a breakthrough
Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 5 months ago to Science
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.
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