Finding ways to feed the world
Aug 22, 2019
Genome editing techniques have the power to transform crop yields and plant resilience to feed the growing global population.
Results for plant genomics
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Tweaking carotenoids proves fruitful
Mar 7, 2022
A novel plant-breeding strategy is targeting crop yield, nutritional value and stress tolerance, all through the expression of one gene.
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Understanding rust resistance in bread wheat
Mar 14, 2022
Sequencing a high-quality bread wheat genome facilitates the identification of a gene that confers stripe rust resistance and may lead to improved crop resilience.
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Genetic options ensure rust resistance is toast
May 9, 2022
Researchers have identified stem rust resistance in the wild cereal plant Aegilops sharonensis and successfully transferred the resistance gene into bread wheat.
