Gene to reduce wheat yield losses
Date: 27.2.2009
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.
“This is the first step to achieving more durable resistance to a devastating disease in wheat,” said Dr Cristobal Uauy, co-author of the report, recently appointed to the John Innes Centre in Norwich.
"John Innes Centre":[ http://www.jic.ac.uk/corporate/media-and-public/current-releases/090219wheatyieldlosses.htm]
