Genetic changes decreased maize’s tolerance to severe heat stress and increased resilience to moderate heat stress

Genetic changes decreased maize's tolerance to severe heat stress and increased resilience to moderate heat stress

image: While current corn hybrids are more resistant to moderate heat stress than older hybrids, they show lower tolerance to severe heat stress that is expected to become more common due to climate change. visualization Moreover Credit: Taylor Siebert, Unsplash (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) The ability of crops to withstand heat is critical to our food system’s … Read more