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Subject: Sustainability
Root sweet root: how date palm uses osmotic adjustment to thrive in arid climates
Authors: Hernandez-Santana, V., & Pichaco, J.
- Journals: Journal of Experimental Botany
- Pages: 909–912
- Volume: 76(4)
- Year: 2025
Date palm has developed a variety of adaptation strategies to survive and even thrive in extreme environments such as deserts. Franzisky et al. (2025) investigated the different early acclimation processes that help date palm to survive harsh, arid conditions. They employed a wide range of approaches to uncover how date palm endures drought and high temperatures, providing valuable insights for developing drought-tolerant and productive genotypes—a topic of increasing importance as climate change intensifies aridity in many regions.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf022
https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf022