Study IDs gene that may reduce chalkiness of heat-stressed rice

Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing
Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing

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by Scott Schrage | University Communication and Marketing

A joint Nebraska Agronomy and Horticulture and School of Computing study could inform the development of rice varieties that yield less-chalky grain amid the heat waves of a still-warming planet.

Nebraska’s Harkamal Walia and colleagues recently aimed to both identify genes linked with chalkiness and determine a faster, more efficient way to compare that chalkiness among different varieties of rice.

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