Discovery in wheat breeding

Updated October 17 2017 - 9:43am, first published October 12 2017 - 1:29pm
GAME-CHANGER: University of Adelaide School of Agriculture, Food and Wine hybrid wheat program leader Ryan Whitford assessing wheat fertility in experimental breeding plots at the Waite campus.
GAME-CHANGER: University of Adelaide School of Agriculture, Food and Wine hybrid wheat program leader Ryan Whitford assessing wheat fertility in experimental breeding plots at the Waite campus.

UNIVERSITY of Adelaide researchers have identified a naturally occurring wheat gene that, when turned off, eliminates self-pollination but still allows cross-pollination – opening the way for breeding high-yielding hybrid wheats.

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