All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 February Breakthrough research finds keys to a major boost for hybrid wheat breeding Breakthrough research finds keys to a major boost for hybrid wheat breeding 16/02/2021 | 4 MINS A new study, led by researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology and scientists and expert plant breeders from Limagrain is set to revolutionise the future of wheat production, with three genes identified that will enable the breeding of hybrid wheat crops that promise higher yields and better disease and environmental tolerance. Published in Nature Communications, the study identified genes that will enable large-scale hybrid wheat breeding ΓÇô Rf1, Rf3 and orf279. Hybrid crops are commonly favoured for their attractive agronomic traits and can offer higher and more stable yields than non-hybrid crops. However, while wheat is one of the most important staple crops and provides one fifth of calories globally, hybrid wheat seeds remain difficult to produce on a commercial scale. Producing hybrid crops requires control of a plantΓÇÖs ability to self-polli
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 February Breakthrough research finds keys to a major boost for hybrid wheat breeding Breakthrough research finds keys to a major boost for hybrid wheat breeding 16/02/2021 | 4 MINS A new study, led by researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology and scientists and expert plant breeders from Limagrain is set to revolutionise the future of wheat production, with three genes identified that will enable the breeding of hybrid wheat crops that promise higher yields and better disease and environmental tolerance.
Published in Nature Communications, the study identified genes that will enable large-scale hybrid wheat breeding ΓÇô Rf1, Rf3 and orf279.
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Hybrid crops are commonly favoured for their attractive agronomic traits and can offer higher and more stable yields than non-hybrid crops.
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However, while wheat is one of the most important staple crops and provides one fifth of calories globally, hybrid wheat seeds remain difficult to produce on a commercial scale.
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Producing hybrid crops requires control of a plantΓÇÖs ability to self-polli
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