date:Dec 03, 2012
Scientists from the UK, Germany and the US have identified key parts of the genetic code of wheat, a move expected to boost food security.
The analysis of the complex bread wheat genome can help breeders and researchers develop wheat varieties that are tolerant to disease, drought and other factors that lead to crop losses.
In the study, which was based on the raw data of the wheat genome that was published by UK researchers in 2010, the research team analysed DNA sequence data.
The team iden