Feeding the World with Virtual Crops

Researchers watch a field of soybean emerge, grow, and abruptly die in the span of one minute — on their computer screens. These virtual crops will help them understand how crops will respond to climate change – an ever-growing threat to worldwide food production – and could lead to overcoming its threat to global food security.
Rachel Shekar. Feeding the World with Virtual Crops. August 27, 2016. The Global Plant Council Blog.