New DNA markers promote Finnish rye breeding
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 10:28
in Biology & Nature
Healthy dark rye bread is a staple of the Finnish diet, but nowadays most of the rye used by bakeries is imported from other countries. Rye is less widely cultivated in Finland than other crops because the subsidies are low and the plant is sensitive to weather conditions, meaning that the crop yield is often small and baking quality poor...