Development of high amylose wheat through TILLING

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Authors

Ann J. Slade · Arcadia Biosciences (United States)

Cate McGuire · Arcadia Biosciences (United States)

Dayna Loeffler · Arcadia Biosciences (United States)

Jessica Mullenberg · Arcadia Biosciences (United States)

Wayne S. Skinner · Arcadia Biosciences (United States)

Gia Fazio · Arcadia Biosciences (United States)

Aaron Holm

Abstract

We report the use of TILLING to develop new traits in crops with complex genomes without the use of transgenic modifications. Combined mutations in SBEIIa in durum and bread wheat varieties resulted in lines with significantly increased amylose and resistant starch contents.

Topics & Keywords

Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant tissue culture and regeneration

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Plant Biology

Volume 12, Issue 1, pp. 69-69

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-69

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