{"id":10338,"date":"2021-03-25T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T09:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=10338"},"modified":"2021-03-29T08:52:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T07:52:53","slug":"future-of-food-beneficial-bacteria-wheat-survive-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/future-of-food-beneficial-bacteria-wheat-survive-heat\/10338\/","title":{"rendered":"Future of food: Beneficial bacteria help wheat survive in the heat"},"content":{"rendered":"
Global warming has heightened the number of serious heatwaves, which leads to reduced crop yields, threatens food supplies, and causes massive damage to the agriculture<\/a> industry.<\/p>\n There are plants that do not die in extreme heat; some plants have natural heat tolerance, while other species develop heat tolerance after prior exposure to higher temperatures.<\/p>\n However, breeding \u00a0heat resistant plants is expensive and time-consuming, and slightly warming entire fields proves even more difficult.<\/p>\n In efforts to find solutions to the extreme conditions that cause crops to perish, there has been a growing interest in harnessing microbes to protect plants. Now, biologists have demonstrated that root-dwelling bacteria can support their herbaceous hosts to endure extreme conditions, such as drought, excessive salt or heatwaves.<\/p>\n