A team of researchers at the Australian National University used genetic modification to develop rice, mustard, and tobacco plants that can better repair damage from intense heat stress.
Extreme low or high temperatures can cause injury to rice plants. High temperatures in tropical rice-producing countries are a constraint to production.
The technology could help preserve crop yields under increasing global temperatures and make them more productive at normal temperatures.
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