date:May 16, 2013
varieties.
Based on early-stage trials, were confident that the performance gains and level of potentially valuable variation observed, through this novel step of re-synthesising the original wheat plant, points to a major transformation in the wheat improvement process, said senior plant breeder Dr Phil Howell. Yield increases of up to 30% have been produced in early field trials, despite the past few years being cold, wet seasons where lack of sunlight depressed yield.
The plan is to use th