Agricultural crops

Wheat and rice are the most common food plants in the world. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Researchers have succeeded in deciphering the movement mechanism of the plant hormone gibberellin, which is of great importance to humanity

According to the researchers, it is a hormone, a small signal molecule, which controls the growth of plants. The decoding may help a lot in expanding agricultural crops and dealing with the global food crisis
Menchal Abujan Ofer Habib. Photo: Magma Photo

Abugen's seeds division won the European Union grant, in the amount of 1.2 million euros

The grant was given to the company for the purpose of developing agricultural crops with high oil seeds, increased absorption of carbon dioxide and resistance to drought * The grant is part of the EU Horizon program of the European Union, and was later approved