Ethanol treated soil helps wheat survive during drought (IMAGE)

RIKEN

Ethanol treated soil helps wheat survive during drought

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After two weeks without water, wheat did not survive when soil was pretreated with water (left), but thrived when the soil was pretreated with 3% ethanol (right). The same was true for rice and the model plant Arabidopsis.

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