Non-GM breeding outstrips GM on salt tolerance

19 October 2014.

Non-GM salt-tolerant potato wins award

Traditional breeding has left GM in the dust when it comes to salt-tolerant crops.
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/salt-tolerance

There are also non-GM salt-tolerant rice and wheat varieties:
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/salt-tolerance

Naturally the long-term solution to salinity is to rebuild soils to make them less saline. There are some resources here:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Anybody-tell-me-about-most-1826841.S.78397824

Humble spud poised to launch a world food revolution

Tracy McVeigh
The Guardian, 18 Oct 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/18/humble-potato-
poised-to-launch-food-revolution