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Mary Guttieri and Bob Bowden earn award for pioneering work with wheat genes

Mary Guttieri and Bob Bowden earn award for pioneering work with wheat genes

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Two U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists working on the Kansas State University campus are part of a...
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Mining wheat’s wild side for global food security

Mining wheat’s wild side for global food security

MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University wheat geneticist is receiving nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National...
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Punya Nachappa discusses Wheat Curl Mites

Punya Nachappa discusses Wheat Curl Mites

Punya Nachappa, assistant professor at Colorado State University explains how wheat curl mites avoid insecticides, how climate change is leading...
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Take a tour of the greenhouse

Take a tour of the greenhouse

Join us for a virtual tour of wheat's wild relatives in our greenhouse space at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center
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Landmark study of wild wheat ancestor

Landmark study of wild wheat ancestor

K-State scientists are part of an international team of researchers that have deciphered the genetic code of a wild ancestor of wheat.
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Gene identified to resist wheat streak mosaic virus

Gene identified to resist wheat streak mosaic virus

K-State researchers have identified a gene that will provide resistance to the wheat streak mosaic virus.
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Kansas State University researchers uncover new genetic markers for wheat improvement

Kansas State University researchers uncover new genetic markers for wheat improvement

Kansas State University wheat scientists have completed the first study of a chromosome in a tertiary gene pool and have called it a breakthrough in exploring wheat wild relatives for future crop improvement.
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Kansas State University’s leadership in wheat research recognized with $1.6M grant

Kansas State University’s leadership in wheat research recognized with $1.6M grant

Kansas State University wheat researchers are leading efforts to develop a better understanding of the wheat genome.
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From better seeds to beneficial insects, K-State researchers fight world hunger

From better seeds to beneficial insects, K-State researchers fight world hunger

Can a wasp feed the world? It can help. If its larvae are nurtured near millet fields where a devastating moth steals harvests from the field, they can grow to become predators that destroy the pests and save a crop. And that just might put more food in more mouths and earn money for struggling farmers in the world’s poorest countries.
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Putting up resistance

Putting up resistance

Will the public swallow science’s best solution to one of the most dangerous wheat pathogens on the planet?
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