At a recent meeting, 30 scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Rothamsted Research, a UK - based independent science institute, agreed to pool expertise in research to develop higher - yielding, more disease resistant and nutritious
wheat varieties for use in more productive, climate - resilient farming systems.
«The Bangladesh variant is still sensitive to fungicides, but this may not last forever, so we're rushing to develop and spread new, blast - resistant
wheat varieties for South Asia,» Singh explained.
The latest findings offer new focus points into how these genes and others may be modified to fine - tune
a wheat variety for a particular environment, which will result in less crop and food loss due to changing environment.
Not exact matches
The region is a key growing area
for spring
wheat, a high - protein
variety favored
for bagels and pizza crusts.
A. White
wheat has been the principal type of
wheat grown in Australia
for many decades, but different
varieties needed to be developed to match conditions in the US.
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varieties of white rice, including short - and long - grain rice Quick rice: great
for preparing rice in a hurry Whole grain:
for brown rice, farro, quinoa, and other whole grains Keep warm: illuminates when cooking is complete Delay start: prepare
for cooking up to 15 hours in advance Heat / simmer: use this function
for flavored pasta and rice mixes, beans, soups, and one - pot meals Steam cook: vegetables, meats, fish, and more Hot cereals: great
for oatmeal, grits, and cream of
wheat
What other explanation can there be
for the wan versions and unfortunate misinterpretations that have popped up everywhere — eggless and sugarless renditions; cookies studded with carob, tofu and marijuana; whole -
wheat alternatives; and the terribly misguided bacon - topped
variety.
For bread with just 40 calories per slice, try our
Wheat and Honey
Wheat varieties.
Roll - Ups are a low - carb option
for sandwiches, available in plain, whole
wheat, flax, focaccia, golden flax, red peppers and onion, granola and rye
varieties.
Semolina pasta (and other
wheat varieties) is reserved
for recipes that are meant to be smothered in hella olive oil / sea salt flakes / fresh cracked pepper and / or various tomato sauces (marinara, vodka, etc.).
I would look
for the whole
wheat «pastry flour»
variety though since regular whole
wheat flour can make cakes very tough.
For this whole grain salad, I used kamut, an ancient
wheat variety that is high in protein as well as many minerals.
While this recipe isn't gluten - free, you can easily swap out the whole
wheat pasta
for a gluten - free
variety instead.
Kamut, the commercial name
for Khorasan
wheat, is an ancient
variety of durum, with a grain twice the size of modern - day
wheat.
Now, food giant General Mills is partnering with The Land Institute to commercialize this new
variety of
wheat for broad use.
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.
«In potatoes,
wheat and rye, we've identified
varieties that have low potential
for acrylamide formation — that's something that the food industry can make use of already.
Whether replicating beef, pork, poultry, or even seafood, MGP's TruTex ® textured
wheat proteins are ideal
for creating a
variety of tasty veggie burgers that are rich in protein.
Whether you love our traditional white corn, cracked whole
wheat or classic flour
varieties, you can be sure you're using authentic tortillas
for all of your favorite recipes.
If you are wanting to avoid
wheat in your foods then this is where you can go shopping in confidence
for a
variety of
wheat free products.
Typically farro refers to
varieties of
wheat that are not suitable
for bread flours but are suitable
for eating whole in soups, salads and side dishes.
The Friends of Ruskin Park are looking
for passionate volunteers with a
variety of skills to help run this year's Ruskin Park
Wheat Growing project.
With a fine texture and lower protein content thanks to soft
wheat varieties, pastry flour is the go - to
for sweets
for many serious bakers.
I've known
for a while that I could tolerate einkorn
wheat, an ancient Turkish
variety of
wheat that is low in gluten and high in protein and vitamins.
For example, mixtures of «heritage»
wheat varieties grown together can lead to increased yields, better resilience and enhanced soils.
We have found that even
wheat and other grains certified organic, or marketed as GMO - free (there currently is still no approved GMO
variety of
wheat commercially available in the market), will test
for the presence of glyphosate, sometimes at levels nearly the same as conventional
wheat.
As
for the regular menu, a wide
variety of fresh toppings are available at Harry's BC, where pies feature a thin crust — either traditional,
wheat or gluten - free.
A German pilsner will use 100 % 2 row malt generally An American ipa might be 80 % American 2 row and the other 20 % being some
wheat or oats, maybe a little crystal malt
for west coast, and some other 2 row
varieties (Munich or Vienna)
If you start with cereal, pick a single - grain
variety (rice, barley, or oat — hold off on
wheat, a common allergen
for many babies,
for now).
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.
IFPRI's fellows in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research system are developing,
for example, drought - tolerant or heat - resistant
varieties of staple crops such as
wheat and rice.
There's a similar development in India, where agriculture scientist GV Ramanjaneyulu of the Centre
for Sustainable Agriculture in Hyderabad has organized an open - source network that has bred and shared eight
varieties of rice,
wheat, and pulses.
Increases in climate variability have placed new emphasis on the need
for resilient
wheat varieties.
Implementation of breeding
for increased
wheat fructans will likely result in the development of climate - resilient
varieties with increased nutritional value.
«Thus research and agricultural policy should support and invest in advanced breeding and modelling approaches and their integration
for accelerating delivery of new diverse
varieties of
wheat for the different future environments,» argues Reimund Rötter.
Although the best
wheat varieties yield up to 12 tons per hectare, breeders have
for several years been unable to boost that yield substantially.
Limping along with his modest grant, he had scoured the world's seed banks
for high - nutrient
varieties of rice,
wheat, beans, cassava, corn, and sweet potatoes, but he couldn't do much more without additional funding.
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.
As the fungus has become insensitive to most fungicides, demand
for new Septoria resistant
wheat varieties has risen sharply.
Nobel Peace Prize — winner Norman Borlaug developed resistant
varieties of
wheat that protected the world against stem rust
for decades.
This means the Nottingham group can transfer these tiny bits of genetic information from the wild relatives into
wheat on a large scale creating a step change in the search
for new
varieties of
wheat that will cope with disease and climate change and help feed a growing population.
Take the wild and distant relatives of bread
wheat, transfer any agronomically important traits you can find into modern
varieties of
wheat and distribute the newly created germplasm worldwide
for exploitation in international breeding programmes and scientific research.
All yield data are
for dryland (non-irrigated) hard red winter
wheat, including 245
varieties.
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.
These insights could help to produce stronger, disease - resistant
varieties of durum
wheat for improved pasta production.
To address other micronutrient deficiencies, researchers in the Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology of Professor Gruissem at ETH Zurich and in other countries also developed rice
varieties with increased iron levels in the rice and
wheat grains,
for example.
Stem rust disease was controlled
for decades through the use of resistant
wheat varieties bred in the 1950s by scientist Norman Borlaug and his colleagues.
Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK's Department
for International Development (DFID) under UK aid, the DGGW project aims to strengthen the delivery pipeline
for new, disease resistant, climate - resilient
wheat varieties and to increase the yields of smallholder
wheat farmers.
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.