Solving the Problem of Depleting Fresh Water Resources and Increasing Food Demand (TED Talk)
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
Professor Tester elegantly articulates the current problem of depleting fresh water resources and increasing food demand. His solution to solving food and water security issues is to unlock the salt-tolerant capabilities of various agricultural crops.
After a Ph.D. in Cambridge and lectureship there, he went to Adelaide, as a Research Professor in the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and Director of the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility. Mark led the establishment of this Facility, a $55m organisation that develops and delivers state-of-the-art phenotyping facilities, including The Plant Accelerator, an innovative plant growth and analysis facility. In his research group, forward and reverse genetic approaches are used to understand salinity tolerance and improve this in crops such as barley and tomatoes. His aspiration is to develop a new agricultural system where brackish water and seawater can be unlocked for food production.
Source: TEDx Talks YouTube Channel
Attached link
http://www.youtube.com/embed/HKm9XAmvAgQMedia
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