Global average wheat yields grew by 2.95% per year from 1961 to 1990, but grew at less than a third that rate (0.85% per year) for 1990–2012 (ref. 1). Changes in how, where and when crops are grown ...

L.M. Wang, Z.Y. Zhang, H.J. Liu, S.C. Xu, M.Z. He, H.X. Liu, O. Veisz and Z.Y. Xin Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (PST), is one of the ...

The world's food supply got a little more plentiful thanks to a scientific breakthrough. Scientists have identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly races of the ...

Genetics of field resistance to leaf rust of wheat was studied involving six generations, P1,P2,F1,F2, B1 (F1 × P1), B2 (F1 × P2) during 1985-86 and seven generations, P1, P2, F1, F2, F3, B1S (B1self) ...

Using state-of-the-art genomics techniques, scientists have identified a cluster of soybean genes that provide resistance to the fungus which causes Asian soybean rust. The discovery will help defend ...

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