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Scientists make exciting discovery that could protect food supply from devastating threat: 'More resilient'
Healthy plants are key to helping end global hunger, protecting the environment, and supporting economic development, a 2022 ...
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Discovery of wheat gene pair that combats powdery mildew could lead to more resistant varieties
that confers resistance to the devastating wheat powdery mildew disease. The study, led by Prof. Liu Zhiyong from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy ...
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Powdery Mildew on Small Grains
Powdery Mildew (PM) is a fungal leaf disease caused by Blumeria graminis , which can reduce grain yield and quality in cereal crops. B. graminis species can be subdivided into Formae specialis groups ...
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A blueprint for making cereal crops more resistant to fungal disease
Powdery mildew is a destructive fungal disease of ... by scientists to make barley and its sister species such as wheat more resistant to this costly disease. Now, using cutting-edge technology ...
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News on wheat
A study has identified a wheat nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) gene pair, RXL and Pm5e, that confers resistance to the devastating wheat powdery mildew disease.