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  • MSU Scientist, International Team One Step Closer To Producing Higher Quality Durum Wheat

    Denise Hoepfner|Sep 7, 2016

    Hikmet Budak, Montana State University’s first Montana Plant Sciences Endowed Chair, is among an international team of scientists that is now one step closer to producing durum wheat that boasts a higher protein content and grain quality. The 14-member team announced in a July 6 press release that it has successfully sequenced and mapped the genome, or complete genetic code of durum wheat. Durum wheat is a close relative of the widely grown bread wheat and is the source of semolina, the key ingredient in pasta. Using a sequencing technology d...

  • MSU Scientist, International Team One Step Closer To Producing Higher Quality Durum Wheat

    Denise Hoepfner|Aug 17, 2016

    Hikmet Budak, Montana State University's first Montana Plant Sciences Endowed Chair, is among an international team of scientists that is now one step closer to producing durum wheat that boasts a higher protein content and grain quality. The 14-member team announced in a July 6 press release that it has successfully sequenced and mapped the genome, or complete genetic code of durum wheat. Durum wheat is a close relative of the widely grown bread wheat and is the source of semolina, the key...