Resurrection Plants: 99% Water Loss Survival Explained
Resurrection plants survive 99% water loss by entering a death-like state and reviving within hours when water returns—a 450-million-year-old survival trick that scientists are now engineering into crops to combat global drought and water scarcity. Recent breakthroughs include isolating 14 desiccation-tolerance genes, field trials boosting yields in nine crops via molecular priming, and CRISPR edits creating drought-resistant rice and sweet potato. If scaled, these innovations could save 500 ...
