Study to boost global wheat crop breeding

By Shannon Beattie
November 29 2020 - 3:00pm
Ian Small and Joanna Melonek from UWA's ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and the School of Molecular Sciences contributed to the study through their globally recognised expertise in a family of genes known as Restorer-of-fertility-like (Rfl).
Ian Small and Joanna Melonek from UWA's ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and the School of Molecular Sciences contributed to the study through their globally recognised expertise in a family of genes known as Restorer-of-fertility-like (Rfl).

THE genomes of 16 wheat varieties that represent breeding programs from around the world have been sequenced and analysed as part of a landmark study conducted by an international team of scientists, including researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA).

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