{"id":2215,"date":"2019-06-24T17:23:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T09:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2019-06-24T17:23:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T09:23:16","slug":"university-sheffield-scientists-develop-climate-ready-wheat-can-survive-drought-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/2019\/06\/24\/university-sheffield-scientists-develop-climate-ready-wheat-can-survive-drought-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Sheffield scientists develop climate-ready wheat that can survive drought conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wheat plants with fewer pores on their leaves make more efficient use of water<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Study grew crops in climate breakdown conditions with more CO2 and less water<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Findings could help farmers facing more frequent droughts and increased demand for staple foods from a growing population\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.agropages.com\/UserFiles\/FCKFile\/zkc_2019-06-21_10-01-33_009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" \/>Wheat plants engineered to have fewer microscopic pores \u2013 called stomata \u2013 on their leaves are better able to survive drought conditions associated with climate breakdown, according to a new study.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientists at the University of Sheffield\u2019s Institute for Sustainable Food found that engineering bread wheat to have fewer stomata helps the crop to use water more efficiently, while maintaining yields.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Agriculture accounts for 80-90 per cent of freshwater use around the world, and on average it takes more than 1,800 litres of water to produce a single kilogram of wheat. Yet as water supplies become scarce and more variable in the face of climate breakdown, farmers will need to produce more food than ever to feed a growing population.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Like most plants, wheat uses stomata to regulate its intake of carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, as well as the release of water vapour. When water is plentiful, stomatal opening helps plants to regulate temperature by evaporative cooling \u2013 similar to sweating.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In drought conditions, wheat plants normally close their stomata to slow down water loss \u2013 but wheat with fewer stomata has been found to conserve water even better, and can use that water to cool itself.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During the study, published in the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jxb\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/jxb\/erz248\/5512262\"><em>Journal of Experimental Botany<\/em><\/a>, the scientists grew wheat in conditions similar to those expected under climate breakdown \u2013 with higher levels of carbon dioxide and less water. Compared to conventional wheat, the engineered plants used less water while maintaining photosynthesis and yield.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The research builds on the Institute for Sustainable Food\u2019s work to develop climate-ready rice, which found that rice with fewer stomata used 40 per cent less water than conventional breeds and was able to survive drought and temperatures of 40C.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Julie Gray, Professor of Plant Molecular Biology at the Institute for Sustainable Food, said: \u201cWheat is a staple food for millions of people around the world \u2013 but as extreme droughts become more frequent, farmers face the prospect of dwindling yields.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cDeveloping wheat that uses water more efficiently will help us to feed our growing population while using fewer natural resources \u2013 making our food systems more resilient in the face of climate breakdown.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a separate study published in\u00a0<em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/pce.13570\">Plant, Cell and Environment<\/a><\/em>, scientists at the Institute alsofound that plants engineered to have fewer stomata are less susceptible to diseases. They hope to be able to replicate these findings in crops such as wheat and rice.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield brings together multidisciplinary expertise and world-class research facilities to help achieve food security and protect the natural resources we all depend on.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"tl clearfix mt10\">\n<h4 class=\"p-source c-999 cb pt5\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a class=\"c-orange fs16\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.agropages.com\/Media\/MediaIndex-2759.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Sheffield<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wheat plants with fewer pores on their leaves make more efficient use of water Study grew crops in climate breakdown conditions with more CO2 and less water Findings could help farmers facing more frequent droughts and increased demand for staple foods from a growing population\u00a0 Wheat plants engineered to have fewer microscopic pores \u2013 called&hellip; 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