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05 December, 2019
Conferring leaf rust resistance in cereal cropsIdentifying genes that confer resistance to leaf rust infections could help generate durably resistant cereal crops.
17 November, 2019
Red Sea Farms Places Third at Entrepreneurship World CupRed Sea Farms startup wins $150,000 at Misk’s Entrepreneurship World Cup finals.
16 October, 2019
KAUST research to boost global date fruit productionDr. Ikram Blilou, professor of plant science at KAUST, and her research team in Saudi Arabia collected samples from ancient date palms in the historical farm of Al-Dabeta, by the Quba mosque in Madinah.
06 October, 2019
A symbiotic boost for greenhouse tomato plantsThe colonization of tomato plants with a beneficial desert root fungus protects against effects of salt stress.
22 August, 2019
Finding ways to feed the worldGenome editing techniques have the power to transform crop yields and plant resilience to feed the growing global population.
07 July, 2019
Using an embryonic pause to save the dateA date palm seedling can pause its development to boost its resilience before emerging into the harsh desert environment.
05 May, 2019
Stressing the genetics in salt-tolerant cropsUnravelling the genes behind salt tolerance in crop plants is made easier using the latest sequencing and phenotyping technologies.
25 February, 2019
Metabolite stimulates a crop while suppressing a weedA metabolic compound that regulates growth of rice plants and limits witchweed infestation could boost crop yields.