Chile’s Atacama desert flower could be key to drought tolerant crops | REUTERS

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In Chile’s Atacama Desert, a tiny flower, Cistanthe longiscapa, thrives despite extreme drought and UV radiation, and researchers at AndrĂ©s Bello University are sequencing its genome to identify resilient genes that could be transferred to staple crops.
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