Yuan-Chi Chien, a PhD candidate in botany and plant pathology at Purdue University, at work in the laboratory. (Purdue Agricultural Communications photo/Tom Campbell) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million grant to Purdue University's Gyeong Mee Yoon to research how plants acclimate to environmental stress. Her findings could have implications for food security in an era of climate change. Yoon, an associate professor of botany and plant pathology , is probing two different biochemical pathways that plants use to improve their response to stresses such as drought, severe heat and cold.

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