Desert Agriculture Initiative

  • Salt Lab

    Tending the future of data analysis with MVApp

  • CDA Research Laboratory

    A state-of-the-art laboratory facility includes walk-in plant growth chambers and reach-in growth cabinets

  • KAUST Research Greenhouse

    A climate-controlled research space of 1600 sq m has 18 separate rooms for growing experimental plants

  • The Beacon tower at KAUST

    The sun sets over the Red Sea behind the Beacon

  • Salim Al-Babili

    Professor Salim Al-Babili receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant

  • Research Highlights

    Metabolite stimulates a crop while suppressing a weed

  • The Salt Lab

    Stressing the genetics in salt-tolerant crops