New genetic map will speed up plant breeding of the world's most important medicinal crop

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 11:21 in Biology & Nature

Plant scientists at the University of York have published the first genetic map of the medicinal herb Artemisia annua. The map is being used to accelerate plant breeding of Artemisia and rapidly develop the species into a high-yielding crop. This development is urgently needed to help meet escalating demand for effective malaria treatments...

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