Practical screening method from USDA to speed up scab-resistant wheat breeding

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 10:14 in Mathematics & Economics

Individual kernels of wheat and barley can be quickly evaluated for resistance to a damaging scab disease by using near infrared light technology, according to a US Department of Agriculture study conducted in support of a program to safeguard these valuable grain crops.

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