Agro-Biotech News

Researchers from Qiqihar University in China reported the successful transformation of a wheat gene that confers low-temperature tolerance into Arabidopsis. Their findings are published in the journal Transgenic Research.Low temperature hampers normal plant growth and development. This led the research team to isolate and characterize the wheat cold-regulated gene 80 (Wcor80) from Dongnongdongmai 1, a variety of winter wheat.