Natural extracts boost drought resistance in lettuce and broccoli

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló, in collaboration with the company Caldic Ibérica, has developed a product based on four natural extracts from different plants and algae that stimulates the resistance of lettuce to salinity and drought, a growing problem in Mediterranean agriculture.