Scientists have mapped the genome sequence for a wild relative of wheat, which could help in improving modern wheat varieties. Researchers at the University of Nottingham in the UK assembled a ...

An Italy that can’t grow its own wheat for pasta? It’s a race against time ... when some Neolithic farmers began cultivating a wild grass called emmer. These farmers selected seeds that exhibited ...

With a comprehensive plant pathology programme and one of ... redundancy shapes wheat’s agronomic traits. Increasingly, wheat’s wild relatives are critical to unlocking this complexity.

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome sequence of Aegilops mutica, a wild relative of wheat, shedding light on its genetic diversity and potential use in breeding programs.

For over a decade, the Nottingham Wheat Research Centre has been developing wheat- Aegilops mutica introgression lines, aiming to transfer beneficial traits from this wild species into cultivated ...