Neat News 2523 (added 2022-11-27)
Finding resilient wheat
Public Domain by National Plant Germplasm System (USDA/ARS)
In the light of climate change, scientists have started to study a collection of 12000 specimens of wheat in the Natural History Museum, London, UK, that date back up to 300 years. For the most promising samples, their genomes will be sequenced. Goal is to find the varieties that are most resilient to climate change.
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