WOYM – How It All Began
The Official Podcast for Kansas Wheat
Hosted by Aaron Harries
Long, long ago (10,000 years) in a land far, far away, bread wheat came into existence. But how? Bikram Gill and John Raupp with Kansas State University share the fascinating story on this episode. Learn more about wheat’s ancient grass relatives and why wheat is more genetically complex than humans. Bikram and John also explain the Wheat Genetics Resource Center and its role in leveraging ancient wheat genetics to improve modern-day bread wheat varieties.