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Jill Farrant: How We Can Make Crops Survive Without Water

As the world's population grows and the effects of climate change come into sharper relief, we'll have to feed more people using less arable land. Molecular biologist Jill Farrant studies a rare phenomenon that may help: "resurrection plants" -- super-resilient plants that seemingly come back from the dead. Could they hold promise for growing food in our coming hotter, drier world?

English
  • Originally Aired January 19, 2016
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code 4eu69DiVIrA
  • Network YouTube
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Name Type Role
Jill Farrant Guest Star