{"id":201211,"date":"2022-08-23T18:36:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=201211"},"modified":"2022-08-23T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:06:36","slug":"purslane-this-common-weed-can-offer-drought-resistant-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/purslane-this-common-weed-can-offer-drought-resistant-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"Purslane: This common weed can offer drought-resistant crops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the articl<\/span>e \u201cThis common weed can offer drought-resistant crops\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> Down To Earth <\/b>on 8th August 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

A s<\/span>tudy has found that a common weed named \u201cPortulaca oleracea\u201d, commonly known as purslane, offers important clues about creating drought-tolerant crops in a world beset by climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Purslane?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Purslane is a succulent plant that grows in many countries because it thrives in poor soil.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has an extensive distribution extending from North Africa and Southern Europe through the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to Malaysia and Australasia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Purslane possesses evolutionary adaptations that allow it to be both highly productive and drought tolerant.<\/span><\/p>\n

How does Purslane remain drought tolerant according to the study?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over time, different species have independently evolved a range of distinct mechanisms to improve this process.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, corn and sugarcane have evolved ‘C4 photosynthesis’, which allows them to remain productive under high temperatures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, cacti and agaves have evolved ‘CAM photosynthesis’, which allows them to thrive in areas with little water.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study has found that the purslane plant integrates both these two distinct metabolic pathways namely C4 and CAM to create a novel type of photosynthesis. This allows the weed to endure drought while remaining highly productive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Significance of the findings: <\/b>The researchers hope these findings could inspire innovations in modifying corn and other crops to tolerate drought.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cThis common weed can offer drought-resistant crops\u201d published in Down To Earth on 8th August 2022. What is the News? A study has found that a common weed named \u201cPortulaca oleracea\u201d, commonly known as purslane, offers important clues about creating drought-tolerant crops in a world beset by… Continue reading Purslane: This common weed can offer drought-resistant crops<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10504,10514],"class_list":["post-201211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}