New Super-Wheat Can Yield More Crops
- 11 years ago
A new super-wheat can yield more crops.
Wheat is one of the most important crops.
Now, a new hybrid strain of wheat could be the answer to crop shortages.
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany in Cambridge has developed the wheat by cross breeding a modern wheat strain and a grass that is an ancestor of the crop.
Early agricultural trials showed that the new strain of wheat is bigger and stronger than the varieties that are currently grown, and could increase wheat production by 30 percent.
Before farmers can start growing the new crop, at least five years of testing will have to be done.
Britain is net importing wheat for the first time in ten years, because of a crop shortage due to bad weather.
Over two million tons of wheat was lost because of bad weather last summer.
Growing a new strain created by using seed embryo transfer technology and cross-pollination could be the solution to wheat shortages.
One in five calories consumed in the world comes from wheat.
The United States is one of the top wheat producing countries in the world along with China, India, and many countries in the European Union.
Wheat is one of the most important crops.
Now, a new hybrid strain of wheat could be the answer to crop shortages.
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany in Cambridge has developed the wheat by cross breeding a modern wheat strain and a grass that is an ancestor of the crop.
Early agricultural trials showed that the new strain of wheat is bigger and stronger than the varieties that are currently grown, and could increase wheat production by 30 percent.
Before farmers can start growing the new crop, at least five years of testing will have to be done.
Britain is net importing wheat for the first time in ten years, because of a crop shortage due to bad weather.
Over two million tons of wheat was lost because of bad weather last summer.
Growing a new strain created by using seed embryo transfer technology and cross-pollination could be the solution to wheat shortages.
One in five calories consumed in the world comes from wheat.
The United States is one of the top wheat producing countries in the world along with China, India, and many countries in the European Union.