CROPPING

Russian wheat helping Aussie research

THE Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) recently obtained access to a genetically diverse wheat collection from Russia and the find has opened up a variety of new traits for researchers to explore.

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 Dr Lee Hickey, QAAFI and Dr Kar-Chun Tan, CCDM. Dr Hickey and the CCDM have been investigating Russian wheat samples to potentially help with disease resistance breeding in Australia. Picture courtesy CCDM.

Dr Lee Hickey, QAAFI and Dr Kar-Chun Tan, CCDM. Dr Hickey and the CCDM have been investigating Russian wheat samples to potentially help with disease resistance breeding in Australia. Picture courtesy CCDM.

The highly-prized wheat resource was obtained through a collaboration with the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) researcher Dr Lee Hickey, who had received the wheat collection...

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