Researcher inspecting quinoa (IMAGE)

American Society of Agronomy

Researcher inspecting quinoa

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A team of scientist investigates how to breed quinoa to be more heat tolerant as some areas have experienced slowly increasing temperatures or more frequent and extreme spikes in temperature. These tolerant quinoa varieties will produce seed, even in harsh conditions.

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Kevin Murphy

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