Better Wheat Yields from Improved Heat Tolerance
Channel: Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Date: 2020-07-21

Recent Australian wheat cultivars are heat tolerant however, delegates at the 2020 Goondiwindi Grains Research Update were told by Prof Richard Trethowan, new materials developed from diverse genetic backgrounds using field-based phenotyping and genomic selection suggest that levels of heat tolerance can be substantially improved.

Update Paper:
https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grdc-update-papers/tab-content/grdc-update-papers/2020/02/maintaining-wheat-yield-under-high-temperatures-how-do-current-cultivars-compare-with-whats-coming

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