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Future heat challenge for some wheat varieties

SOME popular wheat varieties in Australia would not withstand predicted warmer temperatures, new University of Sydney research has revealed.

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 Wheat breeding field plots in Narrabri, northwestern New South Wales. Photo courtesy Professor Richard Trethowan.

Wheat breeding field plots in Narrabri, northwestern New South Wales. Photo courtesy Professor Richard Trethowan.

Researchers at the University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute tested 23 varieties of Australian wheat at an atmospheric CO2 level of 800 parts per million - over double the current global average concentration...

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