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  • Botanical explorer discovers plant that survives frigid eastern Russian winters

    Jan 11, 2017 8:00 am by Laura QuinnResearch
    Miscanthus sinensis on Russky Island

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    • Miscanthus sinensis on Russky Island

    University of Illinois plant geneticist Erik Sacks suspected one of Eastern Russia's native plants may hold the key to breeding cold-tolerant food and biomass crops.