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WHEAT BREEDING

Benefits to low-input agriculture

Nature Plants volume 5, pages 652–653 (2019)Cite this article

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A comprehensive analysis of genetic gains in winter wheat, spanning 50 years of breeding and conducted under a wide range of cropping systems, validates the inherent efficiency of breeding for optimal environments.

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Fig. 1: Mega-environments and testing sites of the International Wheat Improvement Network.

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