For example, Western Europe's three leading wheat producers — France, Germany, and the United Kingdom — have not increased
wheat yields for over a decade.
As part of varied approaches at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) to unleash the power of wheat biodiversity, researchers from India and Mexico have been mobilizing native diversity from ancestral versions of wheat and related grasses to heighten the crop's resilience to dryness and heat — conditions that have held back
wheat yields for several decades and will worsen as earth's climate changes.
Not exact matches
Farmers are earning huge profits on their
wheat, soybeans, cotton and other crops; strong demand
for (and relatively tight supplies of) grain, oilseeds and other key food inputs encouraged them to use large volumes of fertilizer (notably potash, phosphate and nitrogen) to boost their crop
yields.
Weather conditions during the spring and early summer promoted long grain fill
for wheat and are returning high
yields for... read more
The only concession I made
for taste / texture over health was using more all - purpose flour than whole
wheat because it
yields a nicer, less dense & dry, crumb.
Millet flour can be substituted one
for one with
wheat flour, although mixing it with rice flour or coconut flour will probably
yield best results.
Yields: one 9 × 5 loaf
for the dough: 2 tbsp extra-virgin, unrefined coconut butter 1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk 1/3 cup pumpkin puree 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 package instant dry yeast 1 cup all - purpose white flour 1 cup white whole
wheat flour 1 tsp pumpkin spice mix 1/2 tsp salt
for the filling: 2 tbsp extra-virgin, unrefined coconut butter 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup roughly chopped walnuts 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut In a medium cup, microwave the almond milk and coconut butter -LCB-
for the dough -RCB- until warm to the touch.
Shepard cautions people that her flour is designed to work on a 1 - to - 1 exchange with
wheat flour in «normal» recipes and that substituting her blend in recipes calling
for other gluten - free flours might not
yield good results since many recipes compensate
for the bad taste of the gluten - free flour by adding extra sugar and butter.
Sprouted
wheat flour
yields a well - rounded and moderately sweet flavor and is a one -
for - one replacement
for whole
wheat in application formulas.
For this porridge recipe, pulsing long - cooking spelt, wheat berries, or barley in a blender yields a tasty base for a hearty, savory supp
For this porridge recipe, pulsing long - cooking spelt,
wheat berries, or barley in a blender
yields a tasty base
for a hearty, savory supp
for a hearty, savory supper.
For example, mixtures of «heritage»
wheat varieties grown together can lead to increased
yields, better resilience and enhanced soils.
None of the strategies tested offset the expected fall in
wheat production, but the study identified directions
for wheat breeding (canopy vigour and root characteristics) and management to minimise
yield losses in a hotter and drier climate.
Brent Rageth from Rageth Farm in Byron, Wyoming has worked with Wyoming Whiskey from the start to select strains of non-GMO corn,
wheat, barley, and winter rye
for specific starch and sugar
yields, the building blocks of bourbon making.
The study authors looked at
wheat — a crop that the Nature paper identified as one that badly lags in
yield for organic producers.
Global crop
yields were beginning to decline — especially
for wheat — raising doubts as to whether production could keep up with population growth.
* Spring
wheat yield seen at 45.5 bu / acre, up 8 pct vs 2011 * Tour pegs durum
yield at 42.6 bu / acre, up 34 pct vs 2011 * Three - day tour concludes Thursday in Fargo, North Dakota (New throughout; changes dateline from previous BOTTINEAU, North Dakota) By Julie Ingwersen DEVILS LAKE, North Dakota, July 25 (Reuters)- Favorable growing conditions should result in above - average
yields for the U.S. spring and durum
wheat crops in northwest...
Rising temperatures will slash
yields for rice,
wheat and corn throughout the developing world, exacerbating food price volatility and increasing the number of undernourished people, the report warns.
Yields of this staple grain have increased exponentially since the 1950s because better farming practices and new
wheat breeds have more than made up
for those hot Julys.
Planning meetings
for the Global Seed Vault in Norway spawned the idea of looking at average summer temperatures, which climate models can project relatively reliably and which have a large impact on crop
yields — between 2.5 and 16 percent less
wheat, corn, soy or other crops are produced
for every 1.8 — degree F (1 — degree C) rise.
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.
Rising temperatures may slash
yields for rice,
wheat and corn throughout the developing world, according to a new report
«We determined the
wheat cover crop will not affect the soil water availability nor the
yield for the succeeding cotton crop substantially under the simulated conditions,» Ale said.
The new and improved
wheat assembly will help
wheat breeders accelerate their crop improvement programmes and researchers to discover genes
for key traits such as
yield, nutrient use and bread making quality.
The high overall activity of resistance genes did not cause any negative effects
for the development of the
wheat or its
yield.
Mitch Tuinstra, a professor of plant breeding and genetics at Purdue, likened Schulz's work with corn to what Norman Borlaug did
for the development of high -
yield wheat crops in the 1960s and 1970s.
Under the same business - as - usual scenario, the researchers projected higher
yields for irrigated crops such as
wheat, soybean, and sorghum.
The researchers predict that crop
yields for wheat, soybean, and sorghum should increase even more if mitigation measures are put in place.
Although the best
wheat varieties
yield up to 12 tons per hectare, breeders have
for several years been unable to boost that
yield substantially.
There is actually an estimate that
for major crops like
wheat, rice and maize, that every degree Celsius rise in temperature above current temperatures could potentially decrease crop
yields by between 3 - 7 % due to thermal stress.
Over the period under review, the
yield of the breeds of winter
wheat and spring barley appearing in the market
for the first time increased by around one per cent per year.
Professor Brown suggests that as
wheat breeders selected ever more strongly
for higher
yield, susceptibility to Septoria hitch - hiked along with it.
With the world population estimated to grow to 9 billion by 2050 and Earth's resources under severe strain predicted
wheat yields are not expected to meet the increased demand
for food.
All
yield data are
for dryland (non-irrigated) hard red winter
wheat, including 245 varieties.
Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is a fungal disease that affects worldwide
wheat production due to dramatic
yield loss, and reduced grain quality from toxins that make harvests unsuitable
for consumption.
Their results showed that from 1985 through 2011,
wheat breeding programs boosted average
wheat yields by 13 bushels per acre, or 0.51 bushel each year,
for a total increase of 26 percent.
Acre
for acre, corn
yields are three times as heavy as
wheat.
For the first time, a team has created a salt - tolerant strain of
wheat that raises
yields on salt - damaged fields under real growing conditions.
Many of the same scientists who helped with this study have worked with Asseng on computer models to simulate crop growth and
yield, particularly
for wheat.
The
yield losses
for potatoes,
wheat and celeriac are between 18 to 19 percent and therefore somewhat higher.»
The research opens up a whole new area of exploration
for scientists as they try to increase the
yields of
wheat and decrease losses due to excessively humid conditions.
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.
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 sys
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 sys
wheat varieties
for use in more productive, climate - resilient farming systems.
Differences in annual US crop
yields in «warm» Arctic years when compared to «cold» years,
for corn (left), soybeans (middle) and
wheat (right).
Worse still is when agribusiness and geneticists change the seeds of grasses, with their genetic manipulations converting,
for example, 4 - and - a-half-foot tall traditional
wheat into 18 - inch tall high -
yield semidwarf strains that now comprise 99 % of all
wheat grown worldwide, or insert various genes
for herbicide resistance, as in genetically modified corn.
That's how 28 - chromosome emmer
wheat,
for instance, mated with another 14 - chromosome wild grass, goat grass, and
yielded the ancestor of all modern
wheat, the first Triticum aestivum species.
Ingredients,
Yields 10 cakes Package Gardein mini crabless cakes (contains
wheat gluten — not suitable
for celiac) Basil sauce 1/2 cup packed fresh basil leaves 1 cup vegan mayonnaise 1/4 cup white wine vinegar to taste kosher salt to taste freshly ground black pepper Lemon habanero tartar sauce 2 cups fresh lemon juice, plus 1 Tbsp 1/2 habanero chile 2 -LSB-...]
Researchers have also found evidence supporting the claim that spelt may be easier
for humans to digest than
wheat.4 Modern
wheat has been altered over the years through breeding to simplify its growth and harvesting, increase its
yield and raise its gluten content
for the production of commercial baked goods — all of which has rendered modern
wheat more difficult to digest.
One: go
for the good stuff; by that I mean I don't bother with whole
wheat, quinoa -, or bean - based options, as I've yet to find a brand that
yields the same perfectly al - dente texture as pasta made with refined flour.