Which Crops Can Survive Drought? Nanosensors May Offer Clues.
Pictured is a confocal micrograph of maize leaf provided by Piyush Jain/Cornell University
Which Crops Can Survive Drought? Nanosensors May Offer Clues. Abraham Stroock's technique can be used to track how water flows through plants, which could be key to breeding more resilient crops in an increasingly hot, dry climate. (This work was performed in part at the Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility)