New study of water-saving plants advances efforts to develop drought-resistant crops
Kaitlin Palla, University of Tennessee Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education student, studies agave plants in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's greenhouse as part of the lab's research into a water efficient mode of photosynthesis called crassulacean acid metabolism, or CAM.

New study of water-saving plants advances efforts to develop drought-resistant crops

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2016 – As part of an effort to develop drought-resistant food and bioenergy crops, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have…

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