In one striking example from Afghanistan, introducing
better wheat varieties alone reduced women's work burden, showing how the uptake of technology — whether seeds or machinery — can improve the quality of life.
A new research breakthrough will enable us to develop more robust and
better wheat varieties in the years ahead.
Although
the best wheat varieties yield up to 12 tons per hectare, breeders have for several years been unable to boost that yield substantially.
Not exact matches
Blueberry is the first flavor of English Muffins to be added to Thomas ®» legacy line in several years, and is in
good company on shelves alongside other year - round
varieties such as Original, Light Multi-Grain, Cinnamon Raisin, Honey
Wheat and Sourdough.
When I DO make pasta, it's usually a
good - quality whole -
wheat variety and rarely white pasta.
For this whole grain salad, I used kamut, an ancient
wheat variety that is high in protein as
well as many minerals.
Once I got the correct procedure down, I was able to create a number of recipes for a
variety of quick breads, muffins, pancakes, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other products that tasted every bit as
good as those made using
wheat flour.
For example, mixtures of «heritage»
wheat varieties grown together can lead to increased yields,
better resilience and enhanced soils.
King Soba offers a wide
variety of inexpensive organic
wheat - free and gluten - free buckwheat and brown rice noodles; they have unusual and fun
varieties such as Sweet Potato & Buckwheat Noodles as
well as Pumpkin & Ginger Brown Rice Noodles.
So I'll give Dreamfield a try — I bet it tastes
better than the whole
wheat varieties!
If you start your baby out on one of the simple whole grain cereals from Earth's
Best, you can choose from typical rice and oatmeal
varieties, but also multi-grain (oats,
wheat, and barley) and cereals mixed with fruit.
Include a wide
variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that can be eaten raw, as
well as snacks like cheese, whole
wheat crackers, hummus, dried fruit, cottage cheese, and nuts.
Without
better crop
varieties or other agricultural technology improvements, irrigated
wheat yields, for example, will fall at least 20 percent by 2050 as a result of global warming, and south Asia as
well as parts of sub-Saharan Africa will face the worst effects.
Thanks to the precise testing of Pm3 alleles, the
best variations and combinations are identified and can then be used directly in traditional breeding by crossbreeding them into modern
wheat varieties.
«These harness the
best of organic farming combined with new technologies to
better monitor the nutritional status of soils and plants and to recycle waste and with the promise of new
wheat varieties able to utilise soil nitrogen more efficiently.»
As part of an initiative launched in Washington DC earlier this month, researchers in 12 countries have started to hunt for
varieties of the top five staple crops — rice,
wheat, corn, cassava and beans — that might grow
better in poor soils, as
well as providing added trace nutrients for the people who eat them.
A new paper from scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich explains why plant breeders have found it difficult to produce
wheat varieties which combine high yield and
good resistance to Septoria, a disease in
wheat which can cut yield losses by up to 50 %.
Lead author Daniela Bellincampi from Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, said: «Breeding disease - resistant
varieties of durum
wheat is probably the
best economic and ecological strategy for fighting this invasive and destructive disease.
Researchers at private agricultural firms tend to focus on creating
better varieties of widely - grown, high - value crops, such as
wheat and corn.
Technology such as high - yielding
wheat varieties that tolerate drought and high temperatures, as well as resisting new or modified strains of deadly crop diseases spawned in rapidly warming environments, are the outputs from WHEAT research that lead to positive outcomes for farmers and consu
wheat varieties that tolerate drought and high temperatures, as
well as resisting new or modified strains of deadly crop diseases spawned in rapidly warming environments, are the outputs from
WHEAT research that lead to positive outcomes for farmers and consu
WHEAT research that lead to positive outcomes for farmers and consumers.
«As of 2012, the start of the most recent phase of ACIAR - funded work, Afghanistan partners have developed and released 12 high - yielding and disease resistant bread
wheat varieties, as
well as 3
varieties of durum
wheat, 2 of barley and 3 of maize,» said Rajiv Sharma, a senior
wheat scientist at CIMMYT and country liaison officer for CIMMYT in Afghanistan.
Ethanol fuel is produced from sugar cane in Brazil and from the cellulose of a wide
variety of plants, including cornstalks, poplar trees, and switch grass, as
well as waste left over from the forest products industry,
wheat, oat, and barley straw.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have tested all the university's
wheat varieties, as
well as others around the Northwest, and found none with the genetically modified herbicide resistance discovered in an Oregon crop this spring.
The Texas A&M AgriLife
Wheat Improvement Program is organized into two Centers of Excellence, each conducting variety development, basic genetic studies and development of best management practices for wheat, the breeders
Wheat Improvement Program is organized into two Centers of Excellence, each conducting
variety development, basic genetic studies and development of
best management practices for
wheat, the breeders
wheat, the breeders said.
Organic whole
wheat varieties are
best defined as
wheat which may or may not be landrace grains, as not all grains that have had an evolution from landrace grains to our modern
wheat varieties are to be avoided.
Eating a
variety of grains is great, and it's
good that you're eating whole grains which include gluten - containing
wheat (gluten is much maligned, yet absolutely fine for the vast majority of us to consume: see http://nutritionfacts.org/video/update-on-gluten/, as
well as protein - rich quinoa and amaranth — which are actually pseudograins, as they are closer to seeds.
Traditional populations that were healthy and tolerated
wheat well differed from us in that they also had all of the factors that would contribute to a robust microbiome, such as regular consumption of fermented foods, exposure to a
variety of microbes through farming and close contact with animals, lack of antibiotic use, etc..
Most people don't think of lasagna as a healthy food, but if you make it with whole
wheat pasta and light marinara sauce, pack it with Walmart's «Great for You» Roma tomatoes, and then use one of the
best cheeses you can eat... ricotta, the part - skim
variety is a smart choice for these perfectly portioned rolls of deliciousness.
It can be found in a wide
variety of plants including herbs like saw palmetto and pygeum; fruits like cashew and avocado; as
well as in
wheat germ, rice bran, corn oils and soybeans.
Research shows that some
varieties have even been found to have
better oxidative protection (protection against cancer - causing free radicals) and be easier for those with
wheat sensitivities to handle.
She was allergic to the
wheat in it so when I found out about Chewy.com I found a wide
variety of products and this has helped her the
best.
Today's litter category is full of a
variety of all - natural clay alternatives — from
wheat - to corn - to pine - based formulas — that can effectively meet the needs of cat owners while promising to be
better for both the pet and the planet.
The home - cooked cuisine is also a big part of Fuerteventura life, and your holiday won't be complete without sampling one of the many
varieties of goat stews and chops, as
well as the local speciality of «Gofio» — a delicious toasted corn and
wheat flour accompaniment to delicious soups and stews.
Restaurants in Hyderabad offer a
variety of rice,
wheat and meat dishes, all infused with the
best of Indian, Turkish and Arabic spices.