date:Nov 05, 2018
ially grown, allergen-free peanut crops could become a reality, opening the door to a potential new market of peanut products safe for those with allergies.
UWA adjunct professor Rajeev Varshney, who played a lead role in the study, says through mapping the genes of peanuts, along with other crops including chickpea, pigeon pea and pearl millet, the research team was able to isolate the specific genes which cause allergic reactions sometimes life-threatening for around three per cent of the A