Wheat breeding tool set to optimise energy use efficiency
Posted: Apr 21st, 2020
Researchers report important progress in developing a new tool to realise the next generation of wheat yield gains.
Article originally published by author Dr Gio Braidotti in GRDC's GroundCover. Read in full here.
The tool takes the form of an index that rates wheat's energy use efficiency (EUE). It can be used to exploit genetic diversity in a wheat plant's ability to use energy from photosynthesis to optimise yield.
The breakthrough is being finalised by a global network of laboratories headed-up by Professor Barry Pogson at the Australian National University (ANU).
A tool like the EUE index is important to the success of the US$100 million International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) that is targeting photosynthesis related traits.
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