New wheat strain developed to tolerate drought conditions

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A new variety of durum wheat has been developed to withstand hotter, drier conditions. The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, with support from the Crop Trust, developed it as part of an initiative to develop new breeds of wheat combined with wild grains. Filippo Bassi, senior scientist at ICARDA, told Marco Werman about the importance of maintaining biodiversity in crops as the climate changes. 

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