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Scientists gain in struggle against wheat rust
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Researchers are deploying new wheat varieties with an array of resistant genes they hope will baffle and defeat Ug99, a highly dangerous fungus leapfrogging through wheat fields in Africa and Asia.
Gene to reduce wheat yield losses
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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A new gene that provides resistance to a fungal disease responsible for millions of hectares of lost wheat yield has been discovered by scientists from the US and Israel.
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Rust fungus to tear backbone out of boneseed
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Jan 29, 2008 |
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CSIRO’s newly refurbished containment facility for exotic insects and plant pathogens in Canberra is hosting a species of rust fungus which shows promise as a biocontrol agent for the highly invasive plant ...
Cape tulips -- pretty but pests in pastures
Aug 17, 2009 |
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CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) are collaborating to try to outwit one of southern Australia's worst agricultural weeds.
Scientists fight stem rust UG99 before it becomes a threat
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Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Wheat breeders and plant pathologists at Montana State University are part of a global effort to develop varieties of wheat resistant to a new fungus. UG99, a stem rust strain that was first discovered in ...
Project launched to fight frog-killing fungus
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Researchers are heading to Central America to develop ways to fight a fungus blamed for the extinction of dozens of frog and amphibian species.
Noogoora burr throws researchers a curve ball
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Aug 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What do you do when a weed fights back? Noogoora burr in Australia’s tropical north has done just that but CSIRO scientists aren’t letting it get away with it.
Dangerous wheat disease jumps Red Sea
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Jan 16, 2007 |
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A new form of stem rust, a virulent wheat disease, has jumped from eastern Africa and is now infecting wheat in Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula.
Researchers find rust resistance genes in wild grasses
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Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide researchers have identified new sources of stem and leaf rust resistance in wild grass relatives of wheat sourced mostly from the 'fertile crescent' of the Middle East.
Edible fungus foils dangerous grapefruit-drug interactions
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Scientists in Florida report that adding an edible mushroom-like fungus to grapefruit juice may help to reduce the serious side effects that can occur when people taking certain prescription drugs drink grapefruit ...
U of A honored for research that could help 30 million Brazilians
Jul 13, 2009 |
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The University of Alberta now has a permanent connection to the agricultural life of millions of people in a vast region of Brazil. A newly discovered fungus that helps plants grow in dry soil has been named in honour of ...
New wheat disease could spread faster than expected
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Both plant and human diseases that can travel with the wind have the potential to spread far more rapidly than has been understood, according to a new study, in findings that pose serious concerns not only for some human ...
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