Wheat

Wheat harvest in ancient Egypt. From Wikishare

Podcast: Botany - the wheat crisis and the ways to save it

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Oats and grains of wheat. Illustration: depositphotos.com

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The growth of wheat has become an Israeli symbol of hope and renewal after a disaster. So are Prof. Avraham Levy's field experiments in the Gaza Envelope, which continue a glorious Israeli legacy of studying the evolution and genetics of the grain
Aphids on bread wheat / Photo: Professor Vared Tzin.

The researcher from Sde Boker continues in the footsteps of Aharon Aharonson

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Professor Vared Tzin from Ben-Gurion University's desert research institutes isolated the genes that help wheat defend itself against pests. The discovery has enormous significance for wheat crops in the world
wheat From Wikipedia

Decoding and sequencing the wheat genome

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Oats of wild wheat. Credit: Raz Avni, Tel Aviv University.

Researchers have succeeded in sequencing the wild wheat genome

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Marking on gluten-free products. Photo: shutterstock

Health Sciences - The Trouble With Gluten / Roxanne Camsey

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wheat From Wikipedia

Winners of the Wolf Prize for Agriculture 2014: Returning genes lost from wild animals to domesticated animals and from wild plants to domesticated plants is essential for improving the food supply * The two are part of the nine winners who received the award from the President of the country

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