UF/IFAS Researcher to Lead $1 Million Study to Increase Global Wheat Production
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - 10:01
in Earth & Climate
Md Ali Babar, a UF/IFAS agronomy assistant professor and his team of researchers, hope to increase the harvest index from 45 to 60 percent, which translates to much more wheat. The harvest index quantifies a crop's yield versus the amount of biomass - shoots and roots - that it produces.