Sentences with phrase «wheat varieties grown»

The gene adapted the wheat varieties grown in the region to the local environment.

Researchers analyzed the genetic diversity in the global wheat populations to test if the VRN - D4 gene helped the wheat varieties grown in South Asia adapt to the region's climate and environment.

For example, mixtures of «heritage» wheat varieties grown together can lead to increased yields, better resilience and enhanced soils.

Not exact matches

The region is a key growing area for spring wheat, a high - protein variety favored for bagels and pizza crusts.

Meet Matt Horlacher, a farmer in Tensed, Idaho, who's working with Ardent Mills to grow White Sonora, one of the oldest surviving North America wheat varieties.

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.

Varieties of white wheat currently grown in the US were developed during the 1970s and 1980s by cross-breeding strains of red wheat.

Note: There are currently no genetically modified varieties of barley, edible beans, flax, oats, peas, rice, spelt, sunflowers, and wheat being grown commercially.

The farm grows nearly 20 varieties of organic crops, including red wheat, oats, millet, sunflower seeds and hemp seeds, many of which are used in One Degree breads, flour and cereals.

After five years of growing and research, Scotland The Bread has released three wholemeal flours, each organically grown and milled in Scotland from a 19th century Scottish wheat variety.

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.

«These arrangements have been very important in promoting a competitive bulk wheat export industry, and in allowing Australian grown wheat to be sold to a variety of international markets and buyers,» Mr Sims said.

It is a variety of hard wheat originally grown in the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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.

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.

Jones has grown all of the 163 prominent varieties of wheat used in the Pacific Northwest since 1840.

Researchers at private agricultural firms tend to focus on creating better varieties of widely - grown, high - value crops, such as wheat and corn.

Since the turn of the century, however, aggressive new strains have emerged — such as «Ug99», first detected in Uganda in 1999 — that infect widely grown varieties of wheat.

Borlaug also found that when he applied fertiliser and irrigated the tall spindly Mexican wheat varieties, the heads grew satisfyingly fatter but the top - heavy plants now toppled over.

«Zinc - Shakthi, an early - maturing wheat variety released in India in 2014 whose grain features 40 percent more zinc than conventional varieties, is already grown by more than 50,000 smallholder farmers in the Northeastern Gangetic Plains of India.»

The two centers work together to develop some of the most widely grown wheat varieties in Texas and across the Great Plains, Rudd said.

Most wheat varieties currently grown are susceptible to blast and fungicides have not been effective in controlling the disease.

She states that organically grown modern whole wheat varieties that have not been treated with pesticides and chemical fertilizers may also be a safe alternative for some.

Farro is an ancient grain that is rapidly growing in popularity as more people discover that modern wheat varieties extremely high in gluten are difficult to digest.

It's made in the USA, contains no wheat or artificial bad stuff, and is infused with a wide variety of vitamins and minerals to allow your little French bulldog to grow up «big» and strong.

There are a variety of live and grow - at - home medleys and blends, plus wheat grass, oat, rye, barley and catnip options available.

A secure supply of thousands of varieties of keystone crops like rice and wheat will be ever more important, experts say, as populations grow, climate changes, and people keep moving species around the global, both intentionally and accidentally.

The emerging industrial model of agriculture dictated that a few varieties of high yielding wheat would be grown in the specific locations suited to grow it.

While it may make sense in the long - run to continue to grow the bulk of our wheat in the bread - basket of the continent, rising transportation costs and consumer demand for local foods and variety will ensure at least a niche market for farmers willing to try something new.

After the heritage varieties of wheat were grown, harvested and packaged, the grain shipment was loaded at Kuskanook Harbour on the eastern shore of Kootenay Lake.