'Business as Usual' Crop Development Won't Satisfy Future Demand, Research Finds

ScienceDaily (July 19, 2010) — Although global grain production must double by 2050 to address rising population and demand, new data from the University of Illinois suggests crop yields will suffer unless new approaches to adapt crop plants to climate change are adopted. Improved agronomic traits responsible for the remarkable increases in yield accomplished during the past 50 years have reached their ceiling for some of the world's most important crops.

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