Variety improvement focuses on developing traits such as drought tolerance, flood resistance, and salinity tolerance, enhancing the ability of crops to withstand adverse environmental conditions and ensuring more reliable yields.
How does variety improvement contribute to resilience against environmental stressors?
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Variety improvement enhances resilience against environmental stressors by developing cultivars with traits like drought, heat, and disease resistance. These traits enable plants to withstand adverse conditions, maintain productivity, and ensure food security. Additionally, genetic diversity resulting from variety improvement provides a broader genetic base for adaptation to changing environments, reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience in agricultural systems.