the.com/crop resilience
a plant's ability to shrug off drought, disease, and heat and still show up for dinner.
means the capacity of a crop variety to maintain viable yields under stress like drought, pests, heat, or flooding.
from the concept predates the term, farmers bred for it as long as agriculture existed, but it became a formal science after the green revolution of the 1960s exposed how fragile high-yield monocultures actually were.
genetic bottleneckmost crops draw from under 10 percent of ancestral gene pool
wild relativesoften carry resilience genes bred out for yield
climate mathevery 1c heat rise can cut wheat yield 6 percent
for instance
iron and steel rice — philippine variety survives typhoon flooding, released 2009
drought tolerant maize africa — cimmyt project raised yields 20-30 percent across 13 countries
norin 10 wheat — japanese dwarf gene underpinned the 1960s green revolution
teff ethiopia — ancient grain thrives in poor soil where wheat fails