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New Wheat Genome Sequence Could Unlock Hardier Crops

Wheat is one of the most widely cultivated cereals in the world. About 20 percent of the food humans eat has Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum).

As the world’s population grows, wheat researchers and breeders have been studying how to get even more out of the cereal.

And some estimates say Bread Wheat production needs to increase by more than half in coming decades to feed everyone. To achieve this, scientists have been tinkering with wheat DNA to improve the health and production of th

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