Resisting Rust in Texas
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 15:50
in Biology & Nature
Wheat is vulnerable. Among the most damaging diseases that affect wheat crops across the world are rusts. These parasites cannot grow without infecting a host plant, and are responsible for some of the greatest destructions of crops in human history. Breeders have recently released a cultivar of winter wheat - TAM 305 - that is resistant to many of the rust fungi.