Scientists set to release new disease-resistant wheat
Date: 14.12.2007
'Mace', a new **winter wheat cultivar** developed by Agricultural Research Service scientists and cooperators, could give growers an added measure of insurance against outbreaks of **wheat streak mosaic virus**.
According to ARS plant geneticist Robert Graybosch, Mace harbors a gene called Wsm-1 that confers resistance to the virus, which is spread by the wheat curl mite, **Aceria tosichella**.
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