Drought poses a major challenge to potato production worldwide. Climate change is predicted to further aggravate this challenge by intensifying potato crop exposure to increased drought severity and frequency. There is an ongoing effort to adapt our potato production systems through development of drought-tolerant cultivars that are appropriately engineered for the changing environment. Breeding of drought- tolerant cultivars can be approached through the identification of drought-related physiological and biochemical traits and their deployment in new potato cultivars. Thus, the main objective of this study was to develop a method to identify and characterize potato genotypes tolerant to drought and related key traits. To achieve this objective, first we studied 56 potato genotypes including 51 cultivars and 5 advanced breeding lines to assess drought tolerance in terms of tuber yield in the greenhouse experiment. Drought differentially reduced tuber yield in all genotypes. Based on t
Chloe Read has worked in education policy for over 15 years, originally in IT support and consulting in the Department of Education, Tasmania. Ms Read joined the NSW Department of Education (DoE) in 2014, working across many executive IT, infrastructure and policy roles. Ms Read job shares the role of Deputy Secretary, Education & Skills Reform with Lisa Alonso Love, and represents the Department on the WRN as well as being an ex officio member of the NSW Skills Board. Ms Read and Ms Alonso Love previously job shared as Chief People Officer and Deputy Secretary, Educational Services in DoE. Ms Read holds an Master of Arts with Honours in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh, a Masters of Computing from the University of Tasmania and is a member of the Executive Fellows Program at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG).
https://www.afinalwarning.com/493090.html (Natural News) Antioxidants are important to human health because they help protect the body from free radicals. These harmful molecules are highly reactive and unstable because of the presence or absence of an unpaired electron on their surface. Oxygen-containing free radicals can attack macromolecules inside the body including cell components like proteins and DNA causing cellular damage that often leads to the development of diseases.
The body naturally produces antioxidants to neutralize free radicals, which are also generated by cells as a byproduct of metabolism. This production, however, is limited to just a few antioxidants, such as alpha-lipoid acid and glutathione. Fortunately, many plant-based foods, particularly colorful fruits and vegetables, are rich in powerful antioxidants that can increase the body’s supply of these protective molecules. This is why eating large amounts of fresh produce is highly recommended as p