National Geographic Interactive - 02.2020

CAN THIS SEED TEACH

A CARROT TO SURVIVE?

PHOTOGRAPH BY ROB KESSELER

Using an electron

microscope, artist Rob

Kesseler captured seeds

from 11 hardy plants

scientists say may with-

stand climate-related

drought. This Daucus

carota, a wild relative

of the carrot, could hold

genetic secrets enabling

plants to adapt and

thrive. —NINA STROCHLIC

PHOTO: COMPOSITE OF FOUR IMAGES

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