Discovery of wheat gene pair that combats powdery mildew could lead to more resistant varieties
A study has identified a wheat nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) gene pair, RXL and Pm5e, that confers ...
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Plant cells gain immune capabilities when it's time to fight disease
Scientists have created a new atlas of plant cells during ... threats of antimicrobial resistance and climate change, which both escalate the spread of infectious disease. "In nature, plants ...
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Book Review: Advances in Plant Breeding Methods, Strategies
Conventional and Contemporary Practices of Plant BreedingTopics: Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Genetics and GenomicsAuthors: ...
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The Search for Blight Resistance-enhancing Genes
As molecular plant pathology research advances ... or in combinations with the oxalate oxidase gene and to possibly enhance resistance to another known chestnut disease, Phytophthora root rot. These ...
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Tomato and Pepper Growers Grapple With Adapting Diseases
Scientific testing is showing that disease-causing pathogens are adapting to farmers’ use of pesticides and fungicides on ...