NSF, Gates Foundation to Support WSU Research on Developing 'Desert Wheat'
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 14:11
in Earth & Climate
WSU researchers working on developing wheat varieties that grow under severe drought conditions ("desert wheat") earned a $1.6 million grant from the NSF and the Gates Foundation to help fund WSU scientist Kulvinder Gill's research on identifying genes that will increase wheat yields under drought stress.