Surbhi Grewal, assistant professor, School of Biosciences, led the wild wheat variety study at the University of Nottingham. NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND — Scientists have mapped the genome sequence for a wild ...

The near-complete assembly of the Chinese Spring wheat genome (CS-CAU) was achieved using advanced sequencing technologies, resulting in a 14.46 Gb genome with over 99.996% base accuracy and only ...

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome sequence of Aegilops mutica, a wild relative of wheat, shedding light on its ...

MURDOCH, AUSTRALIA —An international team of scientists from Australia and China announced the first chromosome-scale genome of a wild barley species, describing the breakthrough as a significant ...

Wheat is grown over more land area than any other food crop. Among pathogen-driven threats to wheat, fungi top the list, causing billions of dollars ...

By reducing the cost of breeding, the firm hopes to improve yields and other properties for an array of important crops ...

CSP-H genes (encoding cold shock proteins) were horizontally transferred from bacteria to Triticeae and improved wheat adaptation by enhancing its tolerance to various abiotic stresses. Because ...

WILMINGTON, Del., March 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently issued a Response to the Am I Regulated (AIR) Inquiry from NAPIGEN, Inc. notifying the company that ...

To protect crops from rising droughts, scientists are looking to the genes of a small group of plants that can survive months ...