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Roots of resilience: the experts working to bolster apples against the climate crisis
Scientists are focusing on improving apples’ resilience after stressors like wild temperature swings and drought Terence Robinson still remembers the Valentine’s Day Massacre – of 2015, not 1929. For the Cornell University horticulture professor, the term doesn’t conjure up Tommy guns and Al Capone’s Chicago. Instead of a gangster, the culprit in Robinson’s massacre was the weather. And its victims were the apple orchards of the north-eastern United States. Continue reading...
TH The GuardianUpdated 1h ago1 min read
Scientists are focusing on improving apples’ resilience after stressors like wild temperature swings and drought Terence Robinson still remembers the Valentine’s Day Massacre – of 2015, not 1929. For the Cornell University horticulture professor, the term doesn’t conjure up Tommy guns and Al Capone’s Chicago. Instead of a gangster, the culprit in Robinson’s massacre was the weather. And its victims were the apple orchards of the north-eastern United States. Continue reading...
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