Submitted by tonymmorley t3_zewybj in Futurology
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FuturologyBot t1_iz8y7qo wrote
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Jabal: the new wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat and drought — "The variety is a cross between commercial and wild wheats – bred in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate crisis" 🍞
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"A new drought-tolerant variety of durum wheat has been created as part of an international breeding programme to boost climate resilience in the food system by increasing crop diversity."
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"While it is not yet commercially available, farmers in Morocco will be the first to start growing the new version of durum wheat, which is widely eaten in north Africa and the Middle East, in about three years. Morocco is suffering its worst drought in four decades, and grain production is down by about 70% due to the extremely dry conditions."
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justabill71 t1_iz8ya0n wrote
I guess we'll just have to wheat and see.
thisimpetus t1_iz90gc3 wrote
If you'd read the article you'd know it tastes great.
iNstein t1_iz92dzb wrote
If it waa tested by the developers or people paid by them, I'd expect to hear that no matter how disgusting it tastes.
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thisimpetus t1_iz92j3z wrote
lmao it was tested by farmers, just stahp, read the damn thing before you opine
Vprbite t1_iz93fk9 wrote
I see wheat you did there
OverlyOptimistic-001 t1_iz97bxc wrote
Hopefully not using genetic use restriction technology.
iNstein t1_iz9b0em wrote
Mate, this is Reddit lol. Farmers have a vested interest too. A double blind taste testing would be convincing.
Salt-Artichoke5347 t1_iz9ff4r wrote
just imagine a nuclear power desalinization plants on the med being used to make that drought not a problem
tsadecoy t1_iz9g6yv wrote
But it's not necessary at all. Farmers also want to be able to sell the wheat. The wholesalers will definitely not buy anything they think tastes bad or will pay significantly less for it.
This is a self correcting issue if it exists frankly. They are making some test fields in Morocco so we will just have to wait and see.
JellyKeyboard t1_iz9gu3p wrote
It’s a bit depressing to think our solution to global warming is mutant crops that can put up with our shit a little while longer tbh
thisimpetus t1_iz9isgl wrote
What has that got to do with the current conversation?
Uncleniles t1_iz9kb6a wrote
And how salt tolerant is it?
Querch t1_iz9tgd3 wrote
Desal water remains expensive, though. It's ultimately better to not have to desalinate seawater to farm crops. If fresh water is that scarce, why not use treated wastewater?
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AgnosticStopSign t1_izacgkn wrote
Tradeoffs arent a thing. You can simply just enhance with genetic expression.
Everything wants to survive, so plants would naturally start selecting these traits regardless over generations of descendants in heat and drought.
Lastly, look at humans - theres normal supertasters, theres normal people with cerebral palsy. Even normal RNG genetic expression changes that are either negative or positive dont have contrarian trade offs
UnsurprisingUsername t1_izadrwd wrote
I like bread.
phine-phurniture t1_izagllp wrote
Is it an open gene strain or is it a property crop of Monsanto?
ThePottyMouth t1_izaqatw wrote
I work as an Operator at a wastewater treatment plant. There is no true way to remove heavy dissolved metals like mercury or prescription drugs from wastewater to a safe consumable level; they just go through the process and out into the receiving body of water really. This is the problem with that.
mhornberger t1_izb3f3o wrote
Naan of these jokes are any good, guys.
rockstoagunfight t1_izc4um3 wrote
The mercury one has been tried at least once. No idea if the solution used would be viable for wastewater. Achieving very low mercury levels in refinery wastewater by membrane filtration
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Salt-Artichoke5347 t1_izcg9yt wrote
it remains expensive due to its energy needs period reduce the costs of the energy needs and well it becomes far less costly. Just like building one in California so they can do it to the ocean water there is better then importing water from eastern states and would help refill the aquifers of all the states. Also israel uses a lot of water from desalinization so it is feasible and useable
tonymmorley OP t1_iz8vzrw wrote
Jabal: the new wheat scientists say can withstand extreme heat and drought — "The variety is a cross between commercial and wild wheats – bred in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate crisis" 🍞
>
"A new drought-tolerant variety of durum wheat has been created as part of an international breeding programme to boost climate resilience in the food system by increasing crop diversity."
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"While it is not yet commercially available, farmers in Morocco will be the first to start growing the new version of durum wheat, which is widely eaten in north Africa and the Middle East, in about three years. Morocco is suffering its worst drought in four decades, and grain production is down by about 70% due to the extremely dry conditions."