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Maize and wheat informatics for improved livelihoods around the world

Maize and wheat informatics for improved livelihoods around the world

12 Sep 2016

Maize, wheat and barley (courtesy pixabay.com)
"The ICS group brings together an exceptional combination of skills and expertise, providing the Institute with a unique capacity to rise to the challenges of genome analysis to contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goal 2

Bioinformaticians at the James Hutton Institute are contributing to a major research effort which seeks to deliver better maize and wheat varieties to over 40 countries around the world, with the aim of improving resilience to farmers’ risks, fragile food markets and natural disasters.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute