Frost free crops

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Frost free crops [1]

australian scientists have discovered a gene that could prevent frost damage to crops, thus saving billions of dollars a year worldwide.

The anti-freeze' gene has been identified in the Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) by a team headed by German Spangenberg of La Trobe University in Victoria. It allows the grass to tolerate temperatures as low as minus 30

Publication Date:

14/05/2006

Source: Down to Earth [2]

Tags:

Agriculture [3], Research [4], Australia [5], Agricultural Science [6]

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