Unser täglich Brot – neue Erkenntnisse zum Weizengenom und dessen Bedeutung für die Welternährung

Our daily bread – new insights into the bread wheat genome and its significance for the global food supply

Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) have conducted research in frame of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Initiative. They gained new insights into the composition and structure of the wheat genome and the complex interplay of genes that form the basis for regulating a polyploid* genome. In the process they discovered bread wheat’s great potential for adapting to environmental conditions and shed new light on the evolution of bread wheat. The findings have now been collated in four research publications in the renowned research journal Science.