South Dakota State is one of seven universities nationwide to receive funding to develop new wheat varieties as part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s International Wheat Yield Partnership Program

HHMI scientists develop a much-needed genetic resource that is aiding development of wheat plants with improved traits

Research team hopes to increase the harvest index from 45 to 60 percent

“This new project will allow us to understand the genes that control the different yield components, along with total yield,” plant geneticist says

Study is the first to examine the prebiotic impact of resistant starch type 4 known as RS4

Researcher has been awarded a two-year $150,000 postdoctoral fellowship to lead a study on the genetics of barley yellow dwarf viruses

“With a virus, you have to go with prevention rather than a cure.”

Together, maize and wheat contributed more than 50 percent of global cereal production in 2013

To feed an increasing global population, world wheat production must increase by 2 percent each year

Work will allow the miller to exclude inferior flour streams from the final product