Plant diseases, especially those caused by fungal pathogens, jeopardize global crop biosecurity and preventing them requires rapid detection and identification of causal agents. Traditional... Read more
A new type of wheat that has ten times the amount of the fibre which helps improve gut health and also fights bowel cancer and Type 2 diabetes than normal wheat has been developed by an inte... Read more
Wheat yields could be significantly increased thanks to varieties with a superior form of a common enzyme, according to new research. Plant scientists at Lancaster University, Rothamsted Res... Read more
Inconsistent funding for research into the pests and diseases that threaten key crops leaves global food supplies vulnerable, according to a University of Minnesota-led report published in t... Read more
Future global wheat harvest is likely to be reduced by six per cent per each degree Celsius of local temperature increase if no adaptation takes place. Worldwide this would correspond to 42... Read more
Epigenetic factors identified as key to preventing loss of wheat caused by rain and high humidity (and should lead to better beer The global wheat industry sometimes loses as much as $1 bill... Read more
AUSTRALIAN researchers have made a breakthrough in combatting a global stem rust strain threatening the world’s wheat crops CSIRO post-doctoral fellow Sam Periyannan has cloned a stem... Read more
British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%. The Cambridge-based National Institute of Agricultural Botany has combined an ancient... Read more
Increasing crop yields by up to 25 per cent in salinity-prone areas A SALT-RESISTANT wheat variety developed by an Australian team through old-fashioned cross-breeding rather than genetic mo... Read more
Genetic archaeology may help save wheat from climate change A genetic archaeologist of sorts, Cary Fowler works to save the wild species threatened by crop domestication. Fowler is the execu... Read more
The world’s population will grow from almost 7 billion now to over 9 billion in 2050. John Parker asks if there will be enough food to go round THE 1.6-hectare (4-acre) Broadbalk field lies... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A laboratory milling device for improving stored grain management has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and an industry cooperator. The sys... Read more