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Discovery reveals key molecular event that boosts wheat's defense against devastating disease

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A new study published in Science by a team of scientists across five continents led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Associate Professor Brande Wulff reports a previously unknown molecular event that initiates the immune response to a major wheat disease. The findings provide strategies to engineer wheat that has stronger immunity against infection.

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Boosting wheat’s resilience to devastating disease

Stem rust gets its name for creating what looks like rusty patches on infected plants. Credit: Brande Wulff Plant diseases are a major threat to global food security, causing about 20-30% losses in crop production each year. Climate change is worsening the problem, allowing certain pathogens to persist in new places and evolve faster to overcome plant resistance. One fungal pathogen has caused epidemics of stem rust disease in wheat across the w…

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Discovery reveals key molecular event that boosts wheat's defense against devastating disease

A new study published in Science by a team of scientists across five continents led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Associate Professor Brande Wulff reports a previously unknown molecular event that initiates the immune response to a major wheat disease. The findings provide strategies to engineer wheat that has stronger immunity against infection.

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New Tech Could Help Wheat, a Global Food Source, Fight Disease Like Stem Rust

Learn how a pair of kinases could help plant scientists engineer crops resistant to infectious diseases and boost wheat's immunity.

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Discovery reveals key molecular event that boosts wheat's defense against devastating disease - Tech and Science Post

A new study published in Science by a team of scientists across five continents led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Associate Professor Brande Wulff reports a previously unknown molecular event that initiates the immune response to a major wheat disease. The findings provide strategies to engineer wheat that has stronger immunity against infection. As the main food staple for billions of people and one of the main s…

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Breakthrough Discovery Enhances Wheat’s Resistance to Devastating Disease

A groundbreaking study recently emerged from the vibrant realms of agricultural science, posing new insights into the fight against one of the most formidable threats to wheat crops: stem rust. Conducted by a group of scientists hailing from five continents and led by Brande Wulff, an associate professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), this research has unveiled a previously unknown molecular mechanism that initiat…

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