date:Jul 03, 2013
y U.S. laboratory authorized to handle the Ug99 plant pathogens.
This research, funded by USDAs National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and ARS, represents an important milestone in the fight against this potentially devastating disease. The Sr35 gene, when bred into commercial varieties, confers near-immunity against Ug99 and other related strains. The gene has already been deployed by ARS wheat geneticists into U.S. wheat varieties.
Wheat lines transformed with Sr35 are resistant t