Wheat Sequencing Consortium is Producing New Tools for Wheat Breeders
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 04:01
in Biology & Nature
The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) announced today that it has started a new project to speed up gene discovery in bread wheat. It will provide plant breeders around the world with essential resources to accelerate their breeding programs and develop more sustainable wheat varieties with increased tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses.