Scientific publication in Nature Biotech including WIWAM xy

Although drought tolerance is a central concern of plant research, the translatability for crop improvement is relatively low. Here we report on a major contributing factor to this lack of success. Drought tolerance is predominately scored based on an improved survival rate under lethal conditions that, as demonstrated…

Skirycz A, Vandenbroucke K, Clauw P, Maleux K, De Meyer B, Dhondt S, et al. (2011) Survival and growth of Arabidopsis plants given limited water are not equal. Nature Biotech. 29(3):212–214.