Researchers at the HUN-REN Agricultural Research Center, Institute of Agriculture have developed a new drought-tolerant wheat line

According to the information, researchers at the HUN-REN Agricultural Research Center, Institute of Agriculture have developed the wheat line called GLA8 within the framework of extensive cooperation. They highlighted that the GLA8 line was created by crossing the Martonvásár Mv9kr1 and Mv Karizma wheat genotypes with Agropyron glael. In field and greenhouse experiments, the yield and fertility of the new wheat line showed values ​​similar to those of the parent varieties. At the same time, flowering occurred earlier, which may be an advantage in drought periods – they explained.

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