Monday, February 4, 2019

Harvesting wild genes gives crops renewed resistance to disease

A global alliance of researchers has pioneered a new method to rapidly recruit disease-resistance genes from wild plants for transfer into domestic crops. The technique promises to revolutionize the development of disease-resistant varieties for the global food supply.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2S6kXx4
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