In what is being called a landmark discovery, an international team of scientists has sequenced the genomes of 15 wheat varieties representing breeding programs around the world.
Kansas State University researcher Jesse Poland says their findings will enable scientists and breeders to more quickly identify influential genes for improved yield and other traits.
“We can sample the DNA and predict what kind of yield, what kind of baking quality, and other traits that this new-candidate variety would have,” Poland says.
