Guatemala decreed an agricultural emergency Friday because of a coffee tree fungus that is ravaging crops and could cost the sector up to $400 million this year.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Central America is scrambling to contain a coffee-eating fungus that has invaded a third of the impoverished region's crops, threatening to cost the vital industry hundreds of millions of dollars.

Biology - Ecology

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Is the new TAM 113 wheat variety a replacement for popular TAM 111 or TAM 112 varieties?

Biology - Biotechnology

Aug 28, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they're close to producing new "super varieties" of wheat that will resist a virulent fungus while boosting yields up to 15 percent, potentially easing a deadly threat to the world's food supply.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jun 11, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 5

An international team of researchers co-led by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens-one that threatens global wheat supplies and another that limits production ...

Biology - Biotechnology

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