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April 6, 2018

New genomic tool searches wheat's wild past to improve crops of the future

Submitted by Haley Ahlers

Wild wheat relative, Aegilops tauschii, at a research plot in Manhattan, KS

A new genetic directory launched April 4 will enable researchers and breeders to scan the genomes of wild relatives of modern wheat to find disease-fighting properties lost to domestication.

The directory is the crowd-funded outcome of an international consortium led by wheat researchers at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, U.K., and Kansas State University.

Read more about the genetic directory online.

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