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Quinoa genome accelerates solutions for food security

Quinoa could hold the key to feeding the world’s growing population because it can thrive in harsh environments and grows well on poor-quality, marginal land. Now, KAUST researchers have completed the first high-quality sequence of the Chenopodium quinoa genome, and they have begun pinpointing genes that could be manipulated to change the way the plant matures and produces food. The project brought together 33 researchers from four continents, including 20 people from seven research groups at KAUST, to produce an article that will be published this week in Nature and will feature on the cover of the February 16 issue. Read more at KAUST Discovery: discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/313/quinoa-quest-to-feed-the-world