• Question: What is the purpose of your research?

    Asked by merikshadow to Beth on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by 09jandoos.
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      Beth Dyson answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I hope my research will lead to producing better crops and more food for our ever growing population. We grow and eat 690 million metric tonnes (690000000000 kg) of wheat globally every year, taking up vast areas of farmland. If we can improve the yield of wheat then we can use less land, freeing it to grow other kinds of food or biofuel!

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