A new study has found that crops, such as soybeans, have a short-term memory when it comes to ... [+] drought. Now a new report published in Nature Communications finds that they have a really interesting trait to aide them in drought protection. A team of Australian and German researchers have found that plants actually have memories to keep tabs on drought. Based on this memory, crops know how much they should open their leaf pores. For many years, increasing heat and drought have been affecting crops and the planet’s water resources used for agriculture are also threatened.

Source: Forbes April 06, 2021 11:00 UTC