Flower that thrives in Death Valley may hold secret to heat adaptation

A flowering shrub in California’s Demise Valley is among the most heat-tolerant crops identified to science and will maintain clues for engineering crops that may address rising temperatures.

Most agricultural crops are unable to face up to temperatures above 35°C (95°F), that means our meals sources could possibly be affected as climate change worsens.

Seung Rhee at Michigan State College and her colleagues questioned whether or not crops could possibly be made extra heat-resilient by incorporating traits from …