Finlay Dale, a potato breeder at the James Hutton Institute, said despite the recent wet summers, the long term focus was on crops that are able to resistwater shortages.
The phone's anti-slip finishes and materials are scratch and ding resistant, while the sealed housing design and rubber port covers resist dirt and water intrusion.
Such nanotechnology involves engineering carbon-based polymer molecules, one-millionth the size of a grain of sand, that attach to fibers to wick away moisture and resist stains, water and static.