[SOS-PCA] ARTICLE: How Seeds from War-Torn Syria Could Help Save American Wheat

[Leah Prescott]

From: Yale Environment 360, Published at the Yale School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies, May 14, 2018
By: Mark Schapiro <https://e360.yale.edu/authors/mark-schapiro>, an
award-winning environmental journalist.

"*As temperatures rise, pests and diseases are moving north into the U.S.
heartland, killing crops and diminishing yields. To combat this,
researchers are turning to a wild grass variety whose seeds were smuggled
out of Syria as the bombs fell*."

Read more:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-seeds-from-war-torn-syria-could-help-save-american-wheat

-- 
Leah Prescott
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation & Restoration Program
Data Coordinator
202-912-7232

National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
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