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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: thedoc on 29/05/2013 10:52:22

Title: How have scientists bred synthetic wheat?
Post by: thedoc on 29/05/2013 10:52:22

Scientists have created "super wheat" by crossing modern strains with the crop's ancestors. Phil Howell explains.
Read a transcript of the interview by clicking here (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1000237/)

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Title: Re: How have scientists bred synthetic wheat?
Post by: chris on 27/05/2013 11:50:43

I think the strategy of breeding diversity back into wheat from ancestral strains, and then re-selecting for desired traits is clever.