Gene discovery may halt worldwide wheat epidemic

University of California, Davis, researchers have identified a gene that enables resistance to a new devastating strain of stem rust, a fungal disease that is hampering wheat production throughout Africa and Asia and threatening ...

Genome of wheat ancestor sequenced

Sequencing the bread wheat genome has long been considered an almost insurmountable task, due to its enormous size and complexity. Yet it is vitally important for the global food supply, providing more than 20 percent of ...

Is Myrtle Rust the new threat to native fauna?

QUT scientists have begun a world-first study using unmanned aircraft (UA) to determine the impact the spread of the fungus Myrtle Rust will have on Australian native animals as well as the environmental conditions that encourage ...

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