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To sprout in drought

Aug 20, 201840 min
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Episode description

Did you know that sunflowers aren't just pretty, they're also a model organism! Rishi uses sunflowers to study how different drought conditions affect agricultural out put. Scientific overview of how droughts affect different groups: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=http://scholar.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1019&context=droughtfacpub United Nations Water Report: http://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/world-water-development-report/ Follow me:PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Follow Rishi Masalia: @RishiMasalia, www.rishimasalia.com, www.athenssciencecafe.com, & www.athensscienceobserver.com Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing
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