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New GMOs will grow on saline soils
Scientists have discovered a gene of soybean, which will help to improve the resilience of crops to soil salinity.
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Australian and Chinese researchers have discovered a gene of soybean, which will help to improve the resilience of crops to soil salinity.

Because the soybean crop is often sensitive to soil salinity, every year spoils it a significant part.

This study is promising for farmers producing soybeans, because the amount of arable land affected by high soil salinity is projected to double over the next 35 years.

Researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia and the Institute of plant breeding at the Chinese Academy of agricultural Sciences in Beijing have discovered the existence of a particular gene in soybean, which has great potential to improve the yield of soybean. The discovery of genes that enhance the resistance of plants to salinity is an important discovery for improving global food security.

It turned out that this gene was lost when breeding new varieties of soybean culture in areas where there is no soil salinity. This led to the fact that a large number of varieties of culture was susceptible to rapid increase in soil salinity, which we are currently witnessing in the world.

After the discovery of this gene genetic markers can now be used in programs varieties, allowing you to check the resistance of new varieties of soil salinity and increase it in areas where it is needed.

According to scientists, this gene functions in a whole new way compared to other known genes of resistance to soil salinity. Now scientists will be able to use these data to find similar genes in different crops such as wheat and vine, to improve their resilience.

Monsanto is a well-known company in the field of soybean, last week it announced earnings that exceeded analysts 'forecasts, due to sales growth of soybean, which filled weakened corn market". Monsanto recently announced that in 2016 will start selling a new variety of seeds of GM soy, although some experts suggest that this will not affect the food supply.



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Источники: Agro2b
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