New hope for fighting major fungal disease in durum wheat

Monday, January 19, 2015 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

A variety of wheat that is resistant to a destructive fungal disease has been found to have specialized and protective cell walls, according to research. These insights could help to produce stronger, disease-resistant varieties of durum wheat for improved pasta production.

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