Discovery May Flip the Genetic Script on Fungal Threat of Wheat (opens in new tab)

Discovery May Flip the Genetic Script on Fungal Threat of Wheat By: Jan SuszkiwEmail: arspress@usda.gov Researchers from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have discovered a breakthrough in the fight against Fusarium Head Blight, which is a major disease affecting U.S. wheat and other cereal crops. Farmers must be diligent for signs of Fusarium Head Blight, a disease of cereal crops that flourishes under wet conditions and high temperatures. Caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum, the...