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Download PDF Two decades of pioneering plant science in the UK have brought into the field staggering advances in genetics. Now it’s time for growers to get involved. CPM took a tour to open a window on a world of wonders. It’s about making use of a technology that can accelerate how we bring our discoveries to the field, and the shorter timescales will bring in farmers. By Tom Allen-Stevens They look like little more than knots of root and shoot matter held in place in the agar of a petri dish as Dr Sadiye Hayta holds them up towards the web cam for Prof Cristobal Uauy to view. But these represent something of a breakthrough for the team at the John Innes Centre (JIC) working on Designing Future Wheats (DFW), and a virtual high five passes between the two colleagues. “What we’re looking to establish is genotype independence,” explains Cristobal, who’s joined the meeting via Zoom web conference. “We’ve been working with a genetic trait of Triticum polonicum, a durum wheat that has unusually long glumes and very long grains. We’re aiming to introduce the trait into the hexaploid varieties Paragon and Fielder and another durum wheat, Kronos, through…
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