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Desert Plant may Hold Key for Overcoming Food Shortage
Scientists believe that the novel genes found in the plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, could provide a model of how bio-fuel plants could be grown on un-utilised desert and semi-arid lands, rather than on fertile farmland needed for producing food.
Researchers are now planning to analyze the genetic code of the plant, known as Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, to understand how these plants function at night.
The project will generate a genome sequence database that will be used as an Internet resource for plant biologists throughout the world.
The research comes at a time when farmland across the globe normally used for growing food such as rice and wheat is being taken over by bio-fuel crops used for bioethanol production as a petrol substitute.
According to Biological scientist, Dr James Hartwell, There is a lot of concern over food shortage at the moment, with more farmland being commandeered for bio-fuels.
As a result of changes in our climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted a large expansion of arid regions so there is an increasing need for new crop varieties that can be productive in deserts, he added.
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