2nd Int’l Wheat Congress kicks off in Beijing

BEIJING: The 2nd International Wheat Congress kicked off on Monday night in Beijing, featuring the resilience and sustainability of future Wheat. The congress, which lasts until Thursday, will discuss about six major issues including the germplasm resources, structural genomics of wheat, new technologies, crop management under climate change, biotic and abiotic resistance, and human health. Attended by 900 scientists and scholars online and offline from 67 countries, the congress aims to build a platform for sharing the latest information on the global maize wheat condition and the future wheat scientific research.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item