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How wild chickpeas may reduce nematode problems in Australian crops

<p>Across the remote fields and rocky hillsides of southeast Turkey, crop researchers have been hunting for rare wild chickpea plants which could be genetically rich enough to change chickpea into the future. A new international collaboration between Australia, the United States and Turkey is seeking to tap into the genetic potential of wild chickpea, to create better, more resilient varieties. By Elisabeth Berry and Tom Dixon</p>

Jessica Strauss
How wild chickpeas may reduce nematode problems in Australian crops

  Australia's focus in the project will be nation-wide, but, as Elisabeth Berry and Tom Dixon discover, it is also set to directly benefit the northern grains industry by breeding more nematode-resistant...

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