Wheat disease-resistance gene identified, potential to save billions

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 19:00 in Biology & Nature

Plant Breeding Institute's Principal Research Fellow, Associate Professor Harbans Bariana, is demonstrating the issue of wheat rust. A gene that can prevent some of the most important wheat diseases has been identified--creating the potential to save more than a billion dollars in lost production in Australia alone each year.

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