By Rachel Avraham & Eitan Press
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Israeli Researcher Creates Drought-Resistant ‘Superplants’
Usually when you leave lettuce out for too long, it goes brown. However, when Professor Shimon Gepstein left his genetically modified lettuce unattended, it survived for weeks – leading to the discover of drought-resistant plants.
August 27, 2013