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Article: Newly discovered gene in wheat confers resistance to Hessian fly.
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- Life Science Weekly
- Article date:
- October 20, 2003
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2003 OCT 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Hessian fly changes wheat growth by injecting poisons into the plants, but a newly discovered resistance gene that can kill the insect may add a new defensive weapon for the grain crop.
Using the new gene in combination with other genes is expected to extend resistance time to the most economically damaging insect of wheat by as much as six times. Scientists from Purdue University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) mapped the new gene and two closely linked markers, or bits of DNA, that indicate its presence in soft red winter wheat.
Results of the study were ...