Australian scientists unveil breakthrough for climate-resilient designer crops

14/6/2025 13:58

Australian researchers have announced a major breakthrough that could transform global agriculture by enabling the creation of climate-resilient, region-specific crops.



According to a release from the Melbourne-based Monash University on Friday, by targeting combinations of temperature-responsive genes, researchers can now design bespoke crops with enhanced resilience to local environmental stresses.



The release said, the study challenges long-held beliefs about how plants sense temperature, revealing that plants rely on decentralized genetic networks rather than a single internal "thermometer" to detect and respond to heat.



According to the research team, this new understanding, published in Science, allows scientists to identify and precisely manipulate the specific genetic elements that govern plant responses to temperature.