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In a Death Valley Shrub, a Blueprint for Heat-Proof Crops


g heat of Death Valley, California, a small shrub known as the Arizona honeysweet is able to thrive in temperatures upwards of 120 degrees F (roughly 50 degrees C). A new study reveals how the plant, Tidestromia oblongifolia, can endure in such harsh conditions, findings that could prove useful in engineering crops to endure more extreme heat.

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