Trials to dive deep into moisture-seeking wheats
Date Time Trials to dive deep into moisture-seeking wheats The development of ‘long coleoptile’ genetics that allows wheat to access moisture deep in the soil has attracted strong interest from growers looking to maximise yields in a warming and drying climate. The coleoptile is the protective sheath enclosing the emerging shoot and first leaves, and the longer it is, the greater the emergence potential from deeper in the soil, as discussed in a recent Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) video featuring CSIRO chief research scientist Greg Rebetzke. Wheat lines containing th...
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