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Harnessing light to hack a breeding bottleneck for winter cereal crops

27 July 2022Harnessing light to hack a breeding bottleneck for winter cereal crops

Researchers say the power of light is the key to enable breeders to grow up to five generations a year of winter wheat and winter barley.
Pakistan’s new speed breeding facility sows the seeds of future wheat

30 June 2022Pakistan’s new speed breeding facility sows the seeds of future wheat

To fast-track the development of more productive and climate-resilient wheat varieties, Pakistani scientists have established a new speed-breeding facility at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad.