Niab has been awarded significant funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to advance wheat research so new traits can reach commercial plant breeders faster, and ultimately farms too. It is the first major project funded in the second phase of the International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP), an international collaboration bringing together research organisations, public funders and private-sector breeding companies to accelerate wheat improvement. The three-year project will create a rapid pipeline for introducing and testing novel traits in European winter wheat. Led by Dr Phil Howell, crop improvement research lead at Niab, the new Hub will develop…