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Genome mapped of durum wheat

Israel’s NRGene made a major contribution to completion of the project to assemble the 12 billion base pairs of durum wheat genome – the source of semolina, the key ingredient of pasta.  It will result in better varieties of durum … Continue reading

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80 genomes mapped in 12 months

Israel’s NRGene has assembled more than 80 complete genomes over the past 12 months – an average of one every 4.5 days. The data from NRGene’s DeNovoMAGIC version 2 can be utilized for pinpointed trait analysis, in order to deliver … Continue reading

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Mapping genomes to breed better crops

Agrochemical giant Syngenta has deployed Israel’s NRGene to map the genomes of 12 diverse crops to help develop hardier, higher yield varieties of seed. NRGene’s proprietary algorithms have also been used independently to map varieties of wheat, maize, soybean and … Continue reading

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Israel’s wild wheat can feed the world

Video to accompany my previous article about how Israel’s NRGene mapped out the genome of wild Emmer wheat, with its promise of new hardy and resistant strains. Emmer wheat – the ancestor of modern wheat – was discovered in 1906 … Continue reading

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Wheat genome cracked

It took Israel’s NRGene just 3 months to map out the genome for wild Emmer wheat – a task that had eluded dozens of scientists from 55 countries. It will now be easier to develop hardy varieties of wheat that … Continue reading

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Mapping the genome of the trout

Israel’s NRGene has mapped the genome of the Rainbow Trout, using its DeNovoMAGIC big data genome assembly tool. The US Dept of Agriculture initiated the task as an essential part of its breeding program for healthy, protein-rich fish. Other critical … Continue reading

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Two Israeli companies sew seeds together

Makhteshim Agan – the world leader in branded off-patent crop protection solutions – will become a strategic investor in NRGENE, a leading developer of cutting edge software-based genetic tools for the crop breeding industry. http://www.ma-industries.com/media/news-press-releases/ctl/detail/mid/483/itemid/162?SkinSrc=%5bG%5dSkins%2fAgan_1.1%2fHMenu-FixWidth-3Content

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