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GRDC targets heat tolerant wheat varieties with new $4 million project

A $4 million collaborative research effort is aiming to breed wheat with improved heat tolerance.

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 University of Sydney Agricultural Scientist, Dr Rebecca Thistlethwaite, is working to identify the most heat tolerant genes in wheat so they can be incorporated into new and existing lines. Photo courtesy GRDC.

University of Sydney Agricultural Scientist, Dr Rebecca Thistlethwaite, is working to identify the most heat tolerant genes in wheat so they can be incorporated into new and existing lines. Photo courtesy GRDC.

Heat stress is estimated to cost the Australian grain industry $37 million annually in wheat alone and hence the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is leading a research project to deliver...

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