Youth Voices: Jewels of Hyderabad

Week 2 already? Felt like I just landed in Hyderabad yesterday. Anyway, let's reflect on week two. I delved into more of my research and learned about other global projects that included waterlogging (overshoot of water on crops) on vegetable crops. A study conducted by researchers from ScienceDirect investigated the effects of waterlogging on soybean plants and found that all the plant types showed they could tolerate waterlogging to some extent. This opened my eyes to the possibilities of how mungbean plants might respond to my experiment.

The study on soybeans was particularly enlightening because it highlighted how plants could adopt numerous strategies to prevent the effects of waterlogging. Some soybean plants activated multiple tolerance mechanisms, while others managed the stress with fewer changes. Specifically, this week was a huge learning opportunity at the WorldVeg center because I am starting to understand the value of different vegetable plants' potential...[CONTINUE READING]