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Checkoff-funded project finds traits that perform during drought
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
February 25, 2010
Drought-tolerant plants frequently carry a common characteristic: they grow better than most plants during drought conditions but they grow poorly under optimal growing conditions compared with other plants.
Recent checkoff-funded research by a nine-member research team has identified two traits that have avoided this problem.
Larry Purcell, Ph.D., a soybean researcher at the University of Arkansas and a member of the checkoff-funded drought research team, says the team has identified two soybean traits that have helped to avoid this problem.
One trait, Purcell says, allows the plant to continue to accumulate nitrogen during moderate drought conditions.
The other trait allows the plant to conserve water before the onset of a drought, helping it be slow to wilt when the weather turns dry.
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