Reading Time: 2 minutes Researchers have been putting wheat to the test in a Mexican desert to see if varieties with genes from wild relatives are better able to deal with hot conditions. Scientists from the Earlham Institute in Norwich, England, and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre in Mexico collaborated on the study. The latter, known as […] Read more
Wild wheat genes can make crop more tolerant to extreme heat
Large trial tested 149 wheat lines and those with exotic DNA had up to 50 per cent higher yields
