CAPITAL JOURNAL - University of California Riverside researchers identified a gene that allows plants to sense heat. And the discovery could help plants survive global warming, which researchers warned could reduce crop yields by one-third by 2050.
“We need plants that can endure warmer temperatures, have a longer time to flower and a longer growth period,” Meng Chen, botany and plant sciences professor, said. “But, to be able to modify plants’ temperature responses, you first have to understand how they work. So, that’s why identifying this gene that enables heat response is so important.”