Wheat genome to improve new varieties

December 1 2017 - 7:00am
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) senior research officer Dr Michael Francki (left), Murdoch University research fellow Dora Li and DPIRD research officer Esther Walker are using the draft wheat genome to improve Stagonospora nodorum blotch resistance in new wheat varieties.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) senior research officer Dr Michael Francki (left), Murdoch University research fellow Dora Li and DPIRD research officer Esther Walker are using the draft wheat genome to improve Stagonospora nodorum blotch resistance in new wheat varieties.

NEW wheat varieties with improved resistance to the significant fungal disease Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB) are on the horizon, after a scientific boost from the new draft wheat genome.

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