date:May 21, 2021
rowth stages of wheat. This variation is responsible for the longer grains and floral organs found in Polish wheat.
Introducing the VRT-A2 version from Polish wheat into a UK bread wheat cultivar led to higher grain weight, size and test weight (a measure of the grain density) but did not increase yield in UK environments.
Commenting on the broader significance of the research, Professor Cristobal Uauy, a group leader at the John Innes Centre, adds: Every day, each person on the planet eats th