New club wheat is tough on fungi
Pacific Northwest wheat growers now have added insurance against outbreaks of yield-robbing fungi, thanks to "Cara," a new, white winter club wheat cultivar developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...
Feb 20, 2013
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New wheat resists stripe rust, bakes well
With the baking industry in mind, Oregon State University has developed a higher-yielding soft white winter wheat that's also resistant to the disease stripe rust.
Feb 12, 2013
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Researchers launch new 'Rust-Tracker' to monitor deadly wheat fungus in 27 nations
The world's top wheat experts today reported a breakthrough in their ability to track Ug99 and related strains of a deadly and rapidly mutating wheat pathogen called stem rust that threatens wheat fields from East Africa ...
Aug 31, 2012
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New wheat varieties resist global wheat threat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Innovative techniques in wheat breeding are necessary to meet the needs of the world's growing population and overcome environmental challenges, said Ravi Singh at the American Association for the Advancement ...
Feb 21, 2012
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Engineered beans show promise for Africa
Slender green beans air-freighted from Kenya to markets in Western Europe are a profitable crop for high-altitude farms across sub-Saharan Africa. Breeding efforts at Cornell could help their lower altitude ...
Feb 14, 2012
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Stem rust-resistant wheat landraces identified
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified a number of stem rust-resistant wheat varieties and are retesting them to verify their resistance.
Oct 24, 2011
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Scientists first to characterize barley plant-stem rust spore 'communication'
Traditional thought has held that disease had to penetrate a plant to initiate resistance; however, two Washington State University scientists have established that a barley plant recognizes an invader and begins to marshal ...
Oct 13, 2011
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Ancient wheat plague threatens world crops anew
International scientists warn of growing threat of wheat rust epidemics worldwide
Bright New Dry Bean for Salads and Other Foods
(PhysOrg.com) -- Crimson, a new cranberry dry bean cultivar, is now available for production in the form of foundation seed that could give rise to a new bumper crop of the colorful legume for 2010.
Jun 18, 2010
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Understanding apples' ancestors
