Increasing grain size, weight may improve wheat yields
(WorldNews Environment)

Larger, heavier wheat kernels-that`s how associate professor Wanlong Li of the SDSU Department of Biology and Microbiology seeks to increase wheat production. Through a three-year, $930,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, Li is collaborating with Bing Yang, an associate professor in genetics, development and cell biology at Iowa State, to increase wheat grain size and weight using a precise gene-editing tool known as CRISPR/Cas9. South Dakota State is one of seven universities nationwide to receive funding to develop new wheat...