Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Brazil
Laboratory featured by Unicamp's innovation agency studies plant memory and drought tolerance
Inova Unicamp, the innovation agency of Brazil's University of Campinas, has featured research into how plants' earlier experience of water shortage shapes their later response to drought.
Why it matters: The laboratory is studying how past water shortage shapes plant responses, with the stated aim of finding ways to use natural resources more efficiently.
Inova Unicamp, the innovation agency of the University of Campinas, published a feature in its "A Lavoura" (The Crop Field) series on a laboratory studying plant memory and drought tolerance.
According to the agency, the research examines how a plant's previous experiences affect the way it responds to a lack of water.
The agency said a plant that has already faced water shortage may respond better when it happens again.
The studies also seek strategies for using natural resources more efficiently, the agency reported.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
As described by Inova Unicamp, the laboratory is investigating whether earlier water shortage improves plants' later responses and is looking for strategies to use natural resources more efficiently.
