GM Drought Tolerant Corn

A typical maize crop burns through over half a million gallons of water on the way to harvest – and the physics of turning sunshine, minerals and water into over a hundred bushels per acre of grain doesn’t leave much room for improvement. To paraphrase a scientific presentation I once saw, modern maize varieties are like high performance race cars. You could re-engineer your race car to get 50 mpg, but it won’t be very fast anymore and you won’t make any money. All the same, getting more grain per input water (generally referred to as water use efficiency) remains of major interest.Read More