Agro-Biotech News

University of Maryland researchers have identified a gene in wheat that could significantly enhance the global food supply. The scientists identified the WUSCHEL-D1 (WUS-D1) gene as the key factor responsible for a rare variety of wheat that develops three ovaries per flower, instead of the standard single ovary. Since each ovary can mature into a grain of wheat, activating this gene offers a path to producing significantly more wheat kernels per plant and potentially tripling the overall yield.