date:Sep 06, 2012
molecular breeding as well as working closely with local partners and farmers.
Bayer does not yet offer wheat varieties in France but expects to be doing so by the end of the decade. The company said breeders are working on traits such as tolerance to abiotic stresses such as drought and heat as well as resistance to fungal diseases.
Bayer noted that wheat remains the most widely grown crop globally, planted on 25% of the worlds arable land. It is second behind corn in terms of cereal produ