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    A rich scientific harvest is in: Complex bread wheat genome is finally sequenced

    by Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Aug 16, 2018 3 minutes

    It has been called the Mount Everest of the genome world, and it has just been scaled.

    This week a consortium of more than 200 scientists from 20 countries published the first fully annotated sequence of the massive wheat genome, a feat they hope will eventually reduce the risk of food scarcity on our planet.

    Experts said the new, publicly available research will help breeders improve the nutritional value and disease resistance of the grain,

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