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Dr. Braun is leading efforts to tackle problems of this sort with new wheat varieties that would be able to withstand many kinds of stress, including scant water.
It took rice and wheat varieties that are really tall and gangly almost as tall as me and breed them down until they're roughly ankle high.
During the 1950s, I and other scientists, first in North America and later throughout the world, developed high-yielding wheat varieties that were resistant to stem rust and other diseases.
Rust-resistant wheat varieties that are popular and suitable for growing in the region have been identified in consultation with stakeholders from AFU and the research wing of the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC).
We concur with this view but reiterate that food safety is also important and the food industry would not thank breeders for high-yielding wheat varieties that have an increased potential for the formation of processing contaminants.
Borlaug had developed disease-resistant, semi-dwarf wheat varieties that partitioned more assimilate to the grain, and led the introduction of these high-yielding varieties to India and Pakistan, resulting in an astonishing doubling of yield in a 5-year period between 1965 and 1970 (Evans, 1998).
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Four decades ago, Norman E. Borlaug developed a wheat variety that fed the world.
Spelt is an ancient wheat variety that has a low gluten content and a high level of nutrients.
Farro is an old Italian wheat variety that's said to be the same as emmer or spelt, though I'm not so sure.
We were making, or intending to make, farro, an ancient wheat variety that can be cooked risotto-style with broth, butter and Parmesan.
Although there is no wheat variety that has true resistance to the head blight, there are certain varieties that show moderate resistance to the blight that are recommended for growers use.
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