Climate change poses a threat to yields and food security worldwide, with plant diseases as one of the main risks. An international team of researchers led by Prof. Senthold Asseng from the Technical University of Munich ...
Ecology
Feb 1, 2024
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Pests and diseases may reduce global wheat yields by over 20%. A study published April 11th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Sergio Latorre at University College London, U.K., and colleagues suggest that genomic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 11, 2023
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An international research collaboration led by the John Innes Centre has used innovative genomic discovery methods to show how we might halt the emerging and highly destructive disease known as wheat blast.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 16, 2023
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A deadly wheat disease common to Asia and South America has been identified in Africa for the first time, raising fears of potential spread to wheat crops across the continent.
Ecology
Nov 16, 2020
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A University of Kentucky plant pathologist is part of an international team of researchers who have uncovered an important link to a disease which left unchecked could prove devastating to wheat. UK College of Agriculture, ...
Biotechnology
Jul 6, 2017
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A team of scientists in the UK and Bangladesh are turning to the combined knowledge of the global scientific community to address an emerging threat to Asian agriculture.
Biotechnology
Apr 19, 2016
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