United States scientists say they are close to producing super varieties of wheat that will resist from variants of Ug99, a new and deadly form of wheat rust and at the same time boost yields by as ...

XI'AN -- Chinese scientists have unveiled the world's first genetic map tracking wheat resistance to the devastating yellow rust disease, representing a significant breakthrough that promises more ...

New cultivars of the common bean could shore up the legume crop's defenses against the fungal disease common bean rust. New cultivars of common bean developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...

The wheat genome is difficult to sequence because it is around five times larger than the human genome. Until 2018, when the first complete wheat genome was sequenced, it was considered an impossible ...

The National Agricultural Research Council (NARC) has recently released a new Yellow Rust resistant variety of wheat, WK 1204, after the disease caused extensive damage to the crop last year. Bhola ...