Aggressive plant fungus threatens wheat production

Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 20:30 in Biology & Nature

The spread of exotic and aggressive strains of a plant fungus is presenting a serious threat to wheat production in the UK, according to research published in Genome Biology. The research uses a new surveillance technique that could be applied internationally to respond to the spread of a wide variety of plant diseases.

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