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  • Multiscale crop modeling effort required to assess climate change adaptation

    May 18, 2020 1:00 pm by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    Researchers Bin Peng, left, and Kaiyu Guan led a large, multi-institutional study that calls for a better representation of plant genetics data in the models used to understand crop adaptation and food security during climate change. Photo illustration by Fred Zwicky

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    Illinois faculty-led study calls for a better representation of the physiological responses of crops to climate and environmental stressors – like drought, extreme rainfall and ozone damage.

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