A common weed harbours important clues about how to create drought-resistant crops in a world beset by climate change. Yale scientists describe how Portulaca oleracea, commonly known as purslane, integrates two distinct metabolic pathways to create a novel type of photosynthesis that enables the weed to endure drought while remaining highly productive, say Yale scientists. “This is a very
Weed is a ‘super plant’ under drought conditions
Most plants shut down growth to survive drought, but purslane can keep going
