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Low-allergen wheat varieties in development bring good news for the wheat-sensitive

New research has heralded a promising step for sufferers of wheat sensitivity or allergy. A project has revealed key insights about the proteins causing two of the most common types of wheat sensitivity -- non-coeliac wheat sensitivity (NCWS) and occupational…

Isabel19/05/2020

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An effective way to replenish threatened plants

From two seeds grew a thousand plants. Researchers used advanced cloning techniques to give the threatened Hill's thistle a fighting chance. This cutting-edge propagation method could rejuvenate the population of other threatened and endangered plant species.

Isabel18/05/2020

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Reference genes are identified that are useful for genetic improvement in wheat

Wheat feeds the world. According to the FAO, wheat is one of the world's main crops, both in terms of extent and production, as well as being one of the main sources of carbohydrates and vegetable protein in the human…

Isabel15/05/2020

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How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia’s second-most-important cash crop?

Valued at dining room tables and factory floors alike, cassava is worth about $10 billion in Asia. The continued growth of the commodity faces challenges from climate change, land degradation and limited investment in crop improvement and disease.

Isabel14/05/2020

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Ash dieback is less severe in isolated ash trees

New research finds that ash dieback is far less severe in the isolated conditions ash is often found in, such as forests with low ash density or in open canopies like hedges, suggesting the long term impact of the disease…

Isabel13/05/2020

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Low-allergen wheat varieties in development bring good news for the wheat-sensitive

An effective way to replenish threatened plants

Reference genes are identified that are useful for genetic improvement in wheat

How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia’s second-most-important cash crop?

Ash dieback is less severe in isolated ash trees

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