Scientists Sow Ancient Seeds to Survive Global Warming

Scientists Sow Ancient Seeds to Survive Global Warming

A seed bank which could hold the key to saving some crops from global warming.

Scientists in Mexico have found that ancient wheat and corn varieties have particular drought-and heat-resistant traits.

So, researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in El Batan are developing new strains which they can cross with plants grown from the ancient seeds.

They hope these plants can fight off the ill effects of rising temperatures, says scientist Matthew Reynolds.

What do you think about this? How much do you think the temperature will increase and will this work? Never the less, that aside, I'm glad people are doing something in-order to ensure the survival or on going advancement of our species.

Source: english.ntdtv.com...

One thing that bothers me about their line of thinking, is that they think that Global Warming necessarily means things getting "hotter and drier", when all it really is is another word for global climate change. Meaning, some places will become wetter, some places will become drier, some places may completely change weather wise, and in every case, the weather will become "extreme" versions of it's former self.

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Yeah man - they got to start trying something new - Canada has warned today wheat production has fallen 18% and with Russia already keeping all of theres because of a bad crop - we are in trouble. I'm not sure if you folks are following this (everyone seems to have forgotten we were having food riots just over two years ago), the food stocks used to sit at 3 months world supply - we are no where near that now. Some commodity prices are about as high as they have ever been, The American corn crop did well but outside of that extreme variable weather is effecting most countries - maybe a new thread on food supply can open this up for a look!

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I hope they don't mix them with the GMO variety to create more Franken-Corn. Already 80% of all corn on the market is of the GMO variety.

Very interesting post! Thanks!

So...US crops did pretty well, but worldwide crops sucked, huh?

Out here, cotton looks fairly good. Not "bumper", but still not bad. A few acres here and there are exploding, a few are struggling, and most are what you would call "solid production".

That is very interesting. Especially if you believe that we can control the weather. Nothing like foreign scarcity to improve your position, and tie up the "competition" in trying to deal with their own problems.