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Improved heat-resistant wheat varieties are identified

CIMMYT and University of Cordoba studied 54 kinds of wheat to analyze response to high temperatures.

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Wheat, in its own right, is one of the most important foods in the world. It is a staple food for more than 2.5 billion people, it provides 20% of the protein consumed worldwide and, according to the FAO, supplies more calories than any other grain. Its long-term productivity, however, is threatened by rising temperatures, among other factors. Stress from heat, an increasing trend due to climate change, affects its performance, a fact that requires urgent solutions bearing in mind that, according to some estimates, the world’s population will reach 9 billion by the year 2050.

Read more here: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-heat-resistant-wheat-varieties.html