Haaretz reported this week that scientists in Israel have produced a heat-resistant variety of apricot that does well in hotter conditions. This is expected to do well in future warmer climates. You can read the article at https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/science/1.746880.
One interesting twist to the story is described here: “Support for their work came from South Carolina, where team had a mutant form of peach that eschewed dormancy break entirely. The trees were not sensitive to the environmental temperature (the scientist explained). The mutation turned out to be in the same area that the Israelis had mapped in the apricot.”
