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Article: Gene protects grasses from fungus.(MILL MARKET)(United States. Agricultural Research Service)(Purdue University)
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- February 25, 2008
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GRASSES can fend for themselves when it comes to a certain fungus, according to new research from Purdue University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
Scientists have discovered a type of gene in grain-producing plants that halts infections from disease-causing fungus.
The family of plant grasses that includes maize, barley, wheat and rice are being protected from what can be a very devastating fungal pathogen, explained ARS research geneticist Steve Scofield.
A resistance gene, first discovered in corn, and the fungal toxin-fighting enzyme it produces apparently provide a biological mechanism that guards ...
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