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Researchers Cook Up Heat-Loving Wheat, Plant Gene Lowers Arsenic Levels

Emily Unglesbee
By  Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff Reporter
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Kansas State researchers are developing GE wheat that would tolerate heat better and yield up to 35% higher than current varieties. (DTN photo by Nick Scalise)
Kansas State researchers are developing GE wheat that would tolerate heat better and yield up to 35% higher than current varieties. (DTN photo by Nick Scalise)
Researchers have developed GE wheat that yields far better under hot conditions, a wheat gene is tapped to rescue the dying American chestnut tree, and scientists identify the gene that helps plants naturally lower their arsenic levels.

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Emily Unglesbee

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