As climate change brings more frequent heatwaves and droughts, scientists are looking for crops that can cope with tougher growing conditions. New research highlights camelina (Camelina sativa), a traditional oilseed crop, shows the potential of how plants can adapt – and how that knowledge could help future farming. Working with partners across Europe, the EU-funded UNTWIST project examined a panel of 54 diverse camelina lines for their response to heat and drought stress, in both controlled environments and farmers’ fields across Europe. Surprisingly, despite a lack of genetic diversity in camelina, the results showed significant plasticity in the way each line responded…