Sentences with phrase «resistance in wheat»

The effort has already had one practical result: the discovery of two new genes for resistance to a race of wheat stem rust to which there is virtually no resistance in wheat.

Not exact matches

The researchers added that their goal now would be to find out if manipulating TaR1 could boost resistance against STB in field grown wheat.

«These four new wheat lines showed improved resistance against powdery mildew in field trials compared with their parental lines — during the field seasons 2015 to 2017,» explains Teresa Koller, lead author of the study.

The findings of these trials improve our general knowledge of the immune system of plants, and in particular of fungal disease resistance of wheat.

«Isolation of Stb6 is a major breakthrough that will allow deeper understanding of disease resistance mechanisms operating in wheat against this important pathogen,» says Kanyuka.

«Nevertheless, this gene will be useful in combination with other STB resistance genes, and our study provides tools for rapid lab - based tracing of Stb6 in wheat breeding lines,» says Kanyuka.

Most resistance genes, in wheat and other plants, code for protein receptors located inside cells; the Stb6 gene codes for a receptor protein on the cell's surface.

Elizabete Carmo - Silva, LEC lecturer in plant sciences for food security, said: «Both jointed grass and barley are regarded as valuable genetic resources for improving wheat disease resistance, our research suggests that they can also be used to improve biomass production.»

Eduard Akhunov, associate professor of plant pathology at Kansas State University, and his colleague, Jorge Dubcovsky from the University of California - Davis, led a research project that identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly races of the wheat stem rust pathogen — called Ug99 — that was first discovered in Uganda in 1999.

Improved resistance in more winter wheat varieties has pushed Dawn to about one - third to halfway down in the rankings.

Ed Flatman, Head of European Wheat Breeding at Limagrain said, «Professor Brown and Dr Arraiano's work was one of the very first applications of association genetics in wheat and it has helped us to understand the past history of breeding for resistance to SeptWheat Breeding at Limagrain said, «Professor Brown and Dr Arraiano's work was one of the very first applications of association genetics in wheat and it has helped us to understand the past history of breeding for resistance to Septwheat and it has helped us to understand the past history of breeding for resistance to Septoria.

A new paper from scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich explains why plant breeders have found it difficult to produce wheat varieties which combine high yield and good resistance to Septoria, a disease in wheat which can cut yield losses by up to 50 %.

Fungal genes encode factors that interact with receptors in the wheat host to trigger resistance to disease.

A gene isolated from one of the earliest cultivated wheat species, Einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum), confers resistance to a deadly version of stem rust, scientists report June 27 in Science.

She did her PhD research in a collaborative project involving Punjab Agricultural University and the John Innes Centre, UK, to deploy stripe and leaf rust resistance genes from non-progenitor wild wheat in commercial cultivars.

Because disease organisms mutate quickly to overcome crop resistance controlled by single genes, researchers are rushing to identify new resistance genes and to incorporate multiple genes into high - yielding varieties, according to Ravi Singh, CIMMYT wheat scientist who participated in the reported study.

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have tested all the university's wheat varieties, as well as others around the Northwest, and found none with the genetically modified herbicide resistance discovered in an Oregon crop this spring.

There are two general types of resistance genes found in wheat: Race - specific genes confer a high - level of resistance to specific strains of leaf rust but can be easily overcome by genetic mutation in pathogen populations, while slow rusting (APR) resistance provides partial resistance to a broad spectrum of races, but is typically effective only at the adult stage of plant growth.

The utility of the gene has not been fully determined but in the future researchers hope to clone the gene and transfer disease resistance to other wheat varieties.

Worse still is when agribusiness and geneticists change the seeds of grasses, with their genetic manipulations converting, for example, 4 - and - a-half-foot tall traditional wheat into 18 - inch tall high - yield semidwarf strains that now comprise 99 % of all wheat grown worldwide, or insert various genes for herbicide resistance, as in genetically modified corn.

Both dairy (milk, cheese, butter, and yogurt) and gluten (found in wheat, barley, rye, some oats, spelt, triticale, and kamut) are linked to insulin resistance and, therefore, weight gain.

Powdered starches like rice starch (commonly found in gluten - free processed foods) actually spike blood sugar higher than whole wheat products do, which in turn can open the door for other health issues, like insulin resistance and weight gain.

Pledge that at least a few times a week you're going to read something from Dr. Mercola or Suzy Cohen or Dr. Davis / Wheat Belly or if you're interested in the science behind the Ketogenic Diet (because I really do believe it heals cells and the liver and reverses insulin resistance) check out Dr. Nally here.

I think changes in wheat might be part of the issue, keeping in mind that refining itself increases the gluten content (which is in the endosperm, the part retained during refining), but I also think decreasing resistance to food sensitivities for other reasons is a factor as well.

In a news release, scientists at the meeting, held at a branch of the nonprofit International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, estimated that 90 percent of the wheat varieties planted by farmers around the world lack resistance to the rust variant, called Ug99 after its discovery in Uganda in 199In a news release, scientists at the meeting, held at a branch of the nonprofit International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, estimated that 90 percent of the wheat varieties planted by farmers around the world lack resistance to the rust variant, called Ug99 after its discovery in Uganda in Wheat Improvement Center, estimated that 90 percent of the wheat varieties planted by farmers around the world lack resistance to the rust variant, called Ug99 after its discovery in Uganda in wheat varieties planted by farmers around the world lack resistance to the rust variant, called Ug99 after its discovery in Uganda in 199in Uganda in 199in 1999.