wild wheat

Wild wheat's superpowers: The gene that could improve modern wheat

Wild wheat's superpowers: The gene that could improve modern wheat

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have identified a gene in wild wheat that regulates grain size and nutrient distribution; reducing its activity in laboratory experiments produced larger and heavier grains, containing more protein, iron, and zinc.
Aphids on bread wheat / Photo: Professor Vared Tzin.

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

  • No comments
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

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

  • 8 תגובות
Prof. Jorge Dubchovsky. From the University of California, Davis website

The wheat breeders won the Wolf Prize for Agriculture

  • One response
genetically modified wheat. From Wikipedia

Global warming is harming the global food infrastructure

  • 6 תגובות
Science website logo
SEARCH