In Australia, at CSIRO plant Industry in Canberra, Richard Richards has bred drought tolerant
wheat varieties called Vigour X-25 and Drysdale that yield 10 % to 20 % gains in arid conditions.
Not exact matches
As a result, most local
wheat varieties carry only one gene to resist it,
called Yr27.
They will also prepare a list of the genetic codes of the fungus — the so -
called effectors — that are responsible for the ability of the fungus to adapt to new
wheat varieties.
Celiac disease develops when a person makes antibodies against a
wheat protein
called gluten such that eating anything containing gluten results in intestinal discomfort and a
variety other symptoms including joint pain, skin rashes, and fatigue.
And to Davis's point about gliadin, all
varieties of
wheat — even so -
called ancient
varieties like kamut — contain the protein, so it's nothing new.
The difference between these so -
called ancient grains and the typical «modern
wheat» found in your average grocery store is that most grains today come from a
variety of
wheat created in the 1960's through cross-breeding and genetic manipulation.
In a news release, scientists at the meeting, held at a branch of the nonprofit International Maize and
Wheat Improvement Center, estimated that 90 percent of the wheat varieties planted by farmers around the world lack resistance to the rust variant, called Ug99 after its discovery in Uganda in
Wheat Improvement Center, estimated that 90 percent of the
wheat varieties planted by farmers around the world lack resistance to the rust variant, called Ug99 after its discovery in Uganda in
wheat varieties planted by farmers around the world lack resistance to the rust variant,
called Ug99 after its discovery in Uganda in 1999.