Increasing soil salinity: New discovery may help make crops more resilient

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Feb 27, 2024, 10:02 am86 pts
Salination causes harvests to fail across the globe. Plants die, or their growth is stunted. Researchers of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have discovered that a local regulator protein encourages root growth in saline soil, which allows the plant to develop under these adverse conditions.

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