The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) begins a new project to speed up gene discovery in bread wheat. It will provide plant breeders around the world with essential resources to accelerate their breeding programs and develop more sustainable wheat varieties with increased tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
The project, funded by Bayer CropScience and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), is being coordinated by the IWGSC and involves the leaders of the wheat chromosome sequencing groups in 12 countries, the Institute of Experimental Botany in the Czech Republic, the French Plant Genomic Resource Centre (CNRGV) and KeyGene from The Netherlands.
More information is available here: http://www.wheatgenome.org/News/Press-releases/Wheat-Sequencing-Consortium-is-Producing-New-Tools-for-Wheat-Breeders
More information is available here: http://www.wheatgenome.org/News/Press-releases/Wheat-Sequencing-Consortium-is-Producing-New-Tools-for-Wheat-Breeders
