date:Nov 14, 2012
rop yield and in the drought of 2003, crop productivity across Europe fell by over 30 per cent. Irrigation water is scarce and not an option on much of Europes land, so we need crops that better withstand drought.
The research is bringing together academics, crop breeders and commercial partners with the single focus of developing new plants for this future climate. The project is concerned with non-food crops for energy use poplar, miscanthus and giant reed and the approach is to use the ver