Tehran, YJC. Researchers at Isfahan University of Technology have grown a grass that needs little water.
Isfahan University of Technology alumni Mohammad Hossein
Sheikh Mohammadi says he has produced a species of grass which can be of much
use in Iran’s arid weather.
Obsessed with the country’s water shortage, the Agriculture
School student started experiments on a number of grasses native to Iran.
Pointing to the use of grass as the main covering for much
green space in cities, Mohammadi said "Since many areas of Iran are dealing
with water shortage, it is necessary to decrease the water used for civil
facilities as much as possible in order to save on water.”
He stated that he has been conducting his research project
for nearly two years and said "The experiments showed that a kind of desert
wheat grass which is highly resistant to drought and can make do with little
amounts of water is able to tune in to water shortage through mechanisms such
as increase in proline, increase in anti-oxidant enzymes, and Electrolyte
leakage during drought shocks.”
He expressed hope that by industrializing the plantation of
the grass grounds are laid to use the species in civil facilities.